Support thread for parents of teenagers

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ITG 🇮🇸 Jan 2023 10:43am, 12 Jan 2023 15,982 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 Maybe you could get one room on campus and they can take turns I love your thinking, HP!
Idristhedragon Jan 2023 12:54pm, 12 Jan 2023 32 posts	0 Idristhedragon Hello 👋 I’m new to Fetch (since December) but not new to teenagers as mine are 19 and 17. Hope no one minds if I join in here 😊
DocM Jan 2023 1:14pm, 12 Jan 2023 47,044 posts	0 DocM welcome Idris the dragon
halfpint Jan 2023 2:06pm, 12 Jan 2023 38,903 posts	0 halfpint All welcome Idris. Some of us don’t even have teens any more.
ITG 🇮🇸 Jan 2023 2:12pm, 12 Jan 2023 15,984 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 Hi Idris, I dare say your experience will be of great support to many of us with younger teens. (Mine are 17 and 14. But I still know nothing.)
LindsD Jan 2023 2:15pm, 12 Jan 2023 59,281 posts	0 LindsD Hello!
Idristhedragon Jan 2023 2:25pm, 12 Jan 2023 34 posts	0 Idristhedragon I think I wing it most of the time - that's what you're meant to do isn't it?
DocM Jan 2023 2:33pm, 12 Jan 2023 47,045 posts	0 DocM yup, lots of winging it going on, after all there are no rules and no one is right or wrong. Mostly though, sharing experience is reassuring.
Serendippily Jan 2023 11:26am, 20 Jan 2023 27,647 posts	0 Serendippily Ffs row with daughter on way to school she attempted to lighten the mood by telling me how she’d made someone cry by confirming she didn’t like them and had laughed about it and got her tiktok account banned a few times, but it was alright because lots of people admired her fake tan. The things that make her feel powerful do not appear to be strength in kindness
ITG 🇮🇸 Jan 2023 11:37am, 20 Jan 2023 16,022 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 Trying to see bright side that she went to school. And that she talks to you at all. More seriously: (((hugs))) I don't know how I would handle that one without losing my temper. On other news, DS17 had his first 2 driving lessons and I only found out about it this morning. So that's progress, since we have been waiting 19 months for him to start.