"How much longer will you tolerate dishonesty and disrespect? How many more temper tantrums and arguments will you endure? Have you wasted a lot of time and energy trying to make your child change? If so, you need to get help as soon as possible."
Read more: http://www.bukisa.com/articles/432659_parenting-problems-of-todays-teenager#ixzz1B4PzpM9O

I love this quote I found today on another parenting blog. In my nearly 30 years of parenting experience, I have found this to be so true:

Real problems require real action.

Troubled teenagers need distressed parents to take action. Not be immobilized by panic or hopelessness. Teens can smell a lack of leadership a mile away. Use something as simple as a behavior log to help yourself move from inaction to action.

Talk to another parent. Go on a forum and look for other parents in similar struggles. Talk to your clergy. But whatever you do, do something to help you and your teen!

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