16 year old teenager... Help?
My son is very nearly 17 years old. He is extremely rude, sulky, bad tempered lazy....and the world owes him a living. He has just had his exam results this summer and failed every one of them. His teachers just did not know what to do with him and yet they have all said that he is one of the most polite kids they have known!! He is totally capable but hated school. We have shouted. yelled, cajoled and banned but nothing works. He is now at college part time but is still unsettled.
He has done pot, though not now. He has taken dvd's and cd's from the house and sold them when we refused to give him money. He was caught two years ago on Mother Days after shop lifting a cd, that however he has not done since. The only person who still sees the true **** is his gran.He has a girlfriend who is a lovely girl and who seems to love him to bits. Her parents like him and have taken him away for weekends. He and I were always very close and he was very affectionate. I just do not know what to
Children/teens are usually at their worst behavior with the people they feel safest with. Ordinarily that is the parent. He must still feel threatened by his dependence on you and that is why he is awful with you, and resists your "interference" in his life while he is seemingly at his best with the people with whom he sees himself as separate and independent. Be patient. Time works wonders.
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