Wannabefree...guess what I got in the mail today!?!?!?!?
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hillfarm
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Tell everyone that you are going to maime anyone who bugs you for next hour. Then get a book and a glass, or bottle of wine and head for the tub.
If that doesnt work. Take a drive. Get away from the stress. It helps to give you perspective.
I send out lil notices, Hey I'm gonna be left alone for the next hour, unless your bleeding or on fire, don't knock on my bedroom door. Or I will set you on fire after I make you bleed. Ok, I dont say the last bit, but I think it with an evil look on my face. Sometimes it is the only way I get time to regroup, or pay bills or do lesson plans.
Its ok to take time for you. Kids will survive and you will let them because you took a time out.
If that doesnt work. Take a drive. Get away from the stress. It helps to give you perspective.
I send out lil notices, Hey I'm gonna be left alone for the next hour, unless your bleeding or on fire, don't knock on my bedroom door. Or I will set you on fire after I make you bleed. Ok, I dont say the last bit, but I think it with an evil look on my face. Sometimes it is the only way I get time to regroup, or pay bills or do lesson plans.
Its ok to take time for you. Kids will survive and you will let them because you took a time out.
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Ya'll are silly. I am over it. Kinda. :/ Teenagers?! Can't live with em, can't kill em
Found out what has been bugging her. Kids have been making fun of her at school. Whoopity Dooooo! Kids make fun of ya=make parents lives a living hell for the weekend and destroy something. Makes. perfect. sense.
She's ugly, and worried about losing weight...even though 6 weeks ago she was fat
That's her "why" she has been a tyrant.I will be SOOOOO glad when she is in her mid twenties!!! Frontal lobes and reasoning skills are UBER mportant!!
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I can't stand them either but this one is mine, so I have to tolerateabifae said:
They're stuck somewhere between child/adult/outright animal. It's a hard spot to be in and makes my position difficult as well. I did get a hug and an "I love you" just now though. She is going to bed, so it is worth it at times. I love the stankin little brat.. I'll just be SO glad when she grows up and gets OUT of my house!!! 
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I've long held that teenagers are like two-year-olds only for several years and they're too tall to pick up and carry into their bedroom for time out.
colowyo0809
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HA! My mother is 5'4" tall, and thats if she wears good shoes. She once picked up my step sister, who was five inches taller, carried her into her room and chucked her across it to the bed and then swatted her rear before giving her one hell of a talking to. And my sister was 19AnnaRaven said:
I've always thought that those types of teens are made to help increase your physical and mental health I was a good kid, and just didn't do my homework 
Britesea
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Mark Twain advocated putting the teenager into a barrel and feeding them through the bunghole. When they reach 18 (or whatever age he said, I don't remember now) the family takes a vote: whether to let them out, or drive the bung in and throw the barrel into the river.
It really does get better! My daughter was a terror through her teens. She had been opinionated from the moment she could talk, but the teen years brought a whole new meaning to tantrum. I swear I'm surprised the neighbors didn't call the police she would scream so loudly and slam things. I turned my back and ignored her when I could- which would infuriate her even more into slamming around the house. And, every once in awhile I would get caught up in the silliness of what she was saying and get the giggles. I really couldn't stop and the more angry she got the more I couldn't stop laughing. Those were really interesting tantrums! 
But now she is 27 and graduated from college and gainfully employed, engaged, and is a lovely responsible adult. But, I do have to say we still love each other from a distance even now. (she's in CO, I'm in VT, and neither of us really travel. Thank heaven for facebook!)
