I don't have teenagers yet (mine are 7 and 10) but my youngest has given me tremendous upset. I sure feel for you and know just what you mean about the baseball thing! I just wanted you to know i found the best book by Jane Nelson called Positive Discipline. (I'm sure she has a teen version too). It has completely flipped my outlook on how to speak to him differently to get what I need from him and how to handle his outbursts etc. I thought you might want to look into it. Things have changed around here so much since I started using the techniques and I am so relieved to have found the answers to our struggles as I was not looking forward to his teen years.
Last edited by chloeandj; 05-02-2009 at 05:03 PM.
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