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ok at what age did your kid's "surly teen" stuff start?
My 11 year old and I had some words yesterday before Open House at school. I had asked him to get off the monkey bars so the younger kids could use them, he obliged, but then got back up. I asked him again and he blew me off. Well, it went from there.
At one point he said he was, "standing up for himself." I asked, "standing against what?"
And of course at one point I got pissed and trotted out the "who pays for food and rent..." line. That one really doesn't work so well. Felt good at the moment though. Eventually we both calmed down and I was able to get some reasonable comments out of him about being hammered at school, etc.
Seems a bit early for the hormones but my take is that kids seem to be maturing younger these days.
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