Teenage girls are just a nightmare! I’ve been trying for a year now to ‘understand’ my daughter. She’s lippy and belligerent, thinking she’s grown up and knows everything and the next minute she’s crying in my arms like she did when she was 5 years old.
I’ve tried talking to her, picking the right moment like you do, explaining the hormone changes she’s going through and reassuring her she’ll get over it. All I get for this is a mouthful of abuse.
I’ve tried ignoring the tantrums and I’ve tried grounding her for bad behaviour which was certainly more trouble than it was worth! I’ve tried rewarding the good behaviour with shopping trips but they usually dissolve into stroppy show offs about her body phobias.
The only time I’ve seen my daughter relaxed and happy in the last year is on our visits to the beauty salon. It’s as though just the sight of a therapist’s beauty uniform is enough to calm the storm. We lay back and relax while they pamper us with massages, manicures and facials and I can understand why she likes it so much.
What I don’t understand is when I sit and listen to her talking to the beauty […]

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