being relatively young (20) i can remember the time of my life when me and mom would always bud heads... i was around 13.. me and my mom are very much alike and we always clashed because each needed the last word.
i can tell you that what i felt my mom wasnt doing was
listening to me... it seemed like to her, it was just a screaming contest. (and i wasnt going to lose
) when i finally "grew up", i just stopped the screaming and sat there... when she realized i wasnt going to yell and fight about it she stopped yelling as much
. when i calmed down enough, i would write her a letter expressing EVERYTHING i felt in a courteous way, and put it somewhere shed find it. eventually, shed come in my room and we would talk about it and all would be better.
.... this was like an everyday occurrence at my house. but boy, when i was really young, i would get a whippin everytime i said something rude. personally, i dont think its right to say whipping is wrong for everybody.. but i do think kids have a hard time communicating and understand why theyre being punished.
good luck with everything