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I remember the first time I played pong, back in the 80s. I could not have predicted the level of addictions that we are seeing today.
Teenagers that we see today are way beyond anything I did. I do know my mother would bust my azz or my dad would give me the death stare. My point is that I did not fear my parents, so I believe the parent must set the tone.
I will say that its disturbing that a child is calling "the person that birthed him" a c___. There might be some anger management, or I believe mental health issues.
We have three kids: A 14yr old boy, an 11yr old girl, and a 5yr old girl.
The 14yr old boy wants to stay up all night gaming, swears in most of his sentences, and thinks we are the strictest parents in the world.
If I start losing my patience, and threatening him with “no devices tomorrow” or something similar, he will yell at the top of his lungs, call me the C word, punch the walls, tell me to "F off", tell me I'm mentally abusing him, tell me he hates me, etc.
So "Tennis_Dad", does your 14 yo son understand what the "C-word" actually means?
If it's real....Your son's behavior is not normal. You need to get him professional help.
Thanks. It's real. Not sure how it got to this point, but as a parent I'm disappointed with myself.
I showed him the post and he went berserk. He claims various statements are not true, so I went through it line by line with him. He said he's been better at giving back devices lately (which is true) so doesn't appreciate me saying "It is often a massive battle." But I have a lot of bad memories of the fights. As recently as last night he called me a '*****' for turning off the TV at 10:30pm.
He also wants to point out that I'm always "shouting" at him about these issues. But I feel I start off in a in a good mood using a regular talking tone, and over the course of the night it does turn to shouting. By 2am, I am upset, definitely.
Anyhow, thanks for the replies. I do agree there needs to be some professional intervention here.
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