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Do all seventeen year old have that attitude???
Oakie
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Iam about to put my foot up my sons *[:(!][:(!]. getting tired of that I dont give a crap attitude and the know it all BS. Cant even talk to him anymore because I dont know anything and he is soooooo damn perfect. Is it just me or are all seventeens like this??? Sorry for the rant. Just pissed off!!!
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If it weren't for the ultra-serious consequences, she'd be buried in my backyard right now.
Thank God mine is 33 !
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
He borrowed the Jeep, when he got back, he complained about how hard it was to start. The old Jeep gets quirky when it gets really cold. I tried to tell him how to get it started the easy way, he kept interrupting. I even told him how to do a fix that would last and likely fix that problem for months at least. What would have been really amazing is if he went out into the driveway and actually fixed something instead of complaining.
IMO what much of the problem is, is that kids are generally really self centered, they are the center of their universe. One reason team sports are good for kids, they get some experience in team effort.
0AKIE--l was 36 before l found out my DAD was smarter than me[8D]
Slow learner?[:D]
It only took me from 17 to 20 to realize how little I really knew.
I apologized to my parents the first time I came home on leave from the Army.
Only thing worse than a son or daughter with an attitude.....is a STEP-Son or STEP-daughter.
In most states, it's still illegal to bury them while still alive. [V]
See my earlier post!
This too will pass.
my daughter is 14, i think she might not make 15!! good luck i feel your pain but look back when you were 17 and what did your parents do with you?
Don't know about the rest of you but I was in the Marines 5 days after I turned 17. Now that was a real attitude adjustment.[:D]
quote:Originally posted by redhead71
my daughter is 14, i think she might not make 15!! good luck i feel your pain but look back when you were 17 and what did your parents do with you?
Don't know about the rest of you but I was in the Marines 5 days after I turned 17. Now that was a real attitude adjustment.[:D]
US Army at 17 years and 9 months of age. That could be why I realized how smart my parents were earlier than most.
Basic teaches you alot about doing stuff you REALLY don't want to do.
Will cherish the moment.
Dano- keep checking. Laws get updated at times.
Oakie- grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your teenagers.
quote:Originally posted by redhead71
my daughter is 14, i think she might not make 15!! good luck i feel your pain but look back when you were 17 and what did your parents do with you?
Don't know about the rest of you but I was in the Marines 5 days after I turned 17. Now that was a real attitude adjustment.[:D]
Turned 18 in Boot Camp
No they aren't. I have 17 and 14 year old sons, both are well mannered and respectful. 17 year old is 14th in his senior class of 477, 100% academic scholarship to college, majoring in Biology. 14 year old has 3 rows of ribbons from his JROTC unit already, his first year in the unit. He is on the drill team and rifle team. Great grades also, he is hoping for West Point. Both of them get raves from their teachers, about how great they are. Kids are reflections of their upbringing.
Trust me, they are the exceptions.
Congrats to you and them!
Only thing worse than a son or daughter with an attitude.....is a STEP-Son or STEP-daughter.
In most states, it's still illegal to bury them while still alive. [V]
I'll tell what's even worse than a STEP kid.....
A STEP father who can't get any cooch that don't have kids.
Chances are if not for the vulnerability of the single mother STEP daddy wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell with her.[;)]
No they aren't. I have 17 and 14 year old sons, both are well mannered and respectful. 17 year old is 14th in his senior class of 477, 100% academic scholarship to college, majoring in Biology. 14 year old has 3 rows of ribbons from his JROTC unit already, his first year in the unit. He is on the drill team and rifle team. Great grades also, he is hoping for West Point. Both of them get raves from their teachers, about how great they are. Kids are reflections of their upbringing.
That's somewhat true.
They got their genes from their parents and that matters most.
Of course, your genes also dictate your parenting skills/love for your kids.
I completely agree with you in regard to their early childhood upbringing.
If you want decent teenagers you start when they're born.
Lots of people are lazy when kids are young and easy. Then when the kids start growing up without the skills the parents should have taught them when they were much younger they get frustrated and lash out.
Another thing lazy, feckless parents like to overlook is that kids aren't furniture.
They watch you, they see your lies and they don't forget.
They know when you manipulate them and lie to them for your own gain.
They will never unlearn those facts either.
If you want respect from your kids or anybody else you have to give them a reason.[;)]