Moody Teenagers

[Jodi1980]

Quick....Just HOW moody can teenagers get??!!?

 

[holycow]

OMGOSH!!!!! If you have to ask you haven't lived with them long enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(I've survived one 21 yr old and right now am trying to survive living with a 15 yr.old....Help!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Flyfly_Eclipse]

I can get pretty moody, but my mom yells at me and walks away and ignores me until I calm down. If I'd ever tell her "I hate you" she'd respond "Well, that's too bad, because I love you." which would always throw me off guard because I would be acting like such a brat and couldn't imagine her saying that to me at a time like this.

Nowadays, I usually try to not show my moodiness or just try to get over it more quickly. I hate fighting with my parents, especially with my mom. We always make up like 15 minutes later. The one time I was still mad an hour or so later, was the time she was so worried about me. But, we haven't had a bad fight like that in a year or two.

Anyway, that's just me. Every teenager is different, which may or may not be a good thing

 

[Lynn CC]

Lets just say16yo DS can get pretty nasty to the point where I find it better just not to say anything at all. No matter what you try to say it's the wrong thing. He gets the picture when I just walk away.
For instance he has 3 tests tomorrow and a history Oral...he's been in his room for 3 hours studying and preparing, totally exhausted. My question to him was as simple as "why can't you start earlier, then you wouldn't be so tired and trying to get everything done this late at night" 9pm....
when I saw the fury in his eyes I thought it best to just go to the other end of the house and let him be..

Maybe next time he'll see things my way, but I won't hold my breath. It's really hard to watch as a Mom

 

[geffric]

We are just entering the slamming doors and the " I hate you" and "you don't understand me" with DS.. .. but I understand that we will have more "rocky times". I do think it is funny when he is so embarassed by me.. and I get the "oh MOM" look..

 

[Lars624]

I have 14 y/o twins...........a boy & a girl & they are both making me

 

[AspiringCindy]

The moodiness doesn't bother me sooo much, but I hate the rolling of the eyes! "Don't ya roll those eyes at me!", I say! OMG! I sound just like my mother!
RULES FOR HAVING TEENAGERS!
Rule #1- Ya gotta have a sense of humor!
Rule #2- what goes around... comes around! Yes, it is true...your teenager will probably have a teenager(many years down the road) that will do the same to them!
Rule #3- Remember the saying, " I created you...I can take you out"! (only kidding of course)

 

[Arabella Figg 2003]

Mine's 13. what more do I need to say?

 

[geffric]

AspiringCindy..
I have another saying.that I tell DS.. At least I am giving you something to talk about with an analyst when you are an adult... How can you complain about your MOTHER unless I see to it that you have something to complain about.

 

[Serena]

Like riding a roller coaster with no chance to get off.

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

we do it just to get on your nerves you know....we absolutely love being moody...yeah going from super happy to so depressed i cant stop crying is soooooo exciting for me. I look forward to it all the time.

You all know that teens get moody...accept it. You were just like us at one point.

 

[Serena]

Speak for yourself youngun, I'm not over being moody yet. And I do it just to tick you off too.

 

[browneyes]

I have a 10 yo. I can't wait to see how much moodier she's going to get.

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

Originally posted by Serena
Speak for yourself youngun, I'm not over being moody yet. And I do it just to tick you off too.

Yeah but compare the threads on here about moody teens...there is seriously one like every week to how many times you have a teen on here complaining about our parents?!

 

[Nutsy]

You don't want to know

It gets really bad at times................esp when they are bored..................

 

[Serena]

LOL, that's because you all are on the phone all the time, we can't get to use it, so we take over the computer.

But I see your point. We do vent here quite a bit about our kids. But us parents need all the support we can get. We don't know what to do with teenagers anymore than teenagers know what to do with parents. Having someone say "yeah, I know how you feel", is awfully important sometimes.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

Originally posted by Lynn CC
For instance he has 3 tests tomorrow and a history Oral...he's been in his room for 3 hours studying and preparing, totally exhausted. My question to him was as simple as "why can't you start earlier, then you wouldn't be so tired and trying to get everything done this late at night" 9pm....
when I saw the fury in his eyes I thought it best to just go to the other end of the house and let him be..

Maybe next time he'll see things my way, but I won't hold my breath. It's really hard to watch as a Mom

If my Mom said this to me when I was really stressed out and trying to study I would have "fury in my eyes" too.
Sometimes it is all in the timing.

But what do I know, DD is only 2.

I was a moody teenager not that long ago. I'm sure it will be revisited upon me!

EDIT: I re-read what I originally wrote and it sounded harsh. SoI took most of it out.

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

ok i only have 1 year of teendom left but I am definitely not on the phone all the time.
Ask my mom...I was an excellent teen...I was never any trouble...then i left for college

 

[Serena]

But see, not all teenagers are as well spoken and intelligent as you are. You are a great teenager, and you're going to be a great adult. We can all see that.

My dd will be a great adult too, but she's very frustrating in the meantime. She's still in the stage of all adults are stupid, and she knows everything.

 

[poohkie]

No not all adults are stupied and no I don't know everything. But i'll be honest what really ticks me off is when someone brushs off what I have to say or what I think is right just cause i'm not 20. Yeah someday I want to tell everyone around me to go take a long walk off a short cliff some days i'm the happiest person you'll every come across. I try my best to deal with that and move on and not let my mood effect others. But can't everyone say that. The only differnce in teens and adults as far as moods go adults feel that from day to day teens feel it hour to hour. shrugs