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Why do parents complain that teenagers make their lives horrible?

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my mom keeps on complaining that I make her life horrible, and by the way I just turned 15 years old.

So the reason she says is that whenever I am doing something like mowing the lawn, playing video games, or studying. She will tell me something, thinking that I listened to what she is saying,

for example, once I was mowing the lawn, and she told me to mow under the tree, and because of the lawn mower noise I couldnt hear her, so then she yelled at me later for not listening to her. Same thing with video games or studying. If I am busy, she just tells me something and assumes that I am there waiting all the time for her to tell me something so I can do it.

But the wierd thing is that she used to act normal before I was a teenager, she always used to ask me if I could come here, waiting for my response and then after I came, then she would tell me what to do.

So I think that she is using my age as an excuse to yell at me for not listening. And she says that is why parents hate teens

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  1. probaly because teenagers hormones are out of control while a teenager, at least thats what the parents blame it on when really the parents deserve it


  2. I am the parent of a 15 and 19 year old and I don't hate them but I am not crazy about this age. My 15 year old daughter has put me through more c**p in the past year than in all years put together. I am sure that your mom don't hate you and she didn't mean that parents hate their own teens just the age.

    Try listening to your mom. Show her some respect.

  3. OMG! My parents are like that too, and i wonder the exact same thing. They always bother me saying how i dont listen... things like what your mom does and everything. Also, my mom is always saying to other parents behind my back how different i am once i became a "teenager" (quoted from my mother in a different kind of tone). What i think the reason they get upset is because youre becoming a person and an individual without needing them all the time. You can now stand up for yourself and dont need your parents and want to be independant. I think they are realising that their child is grown up, and that they dont need them anymore. I think that they feel rejected from their kids.

    However, that is no excuse for parents to yell. Tehy might be trying to say by yelling "hey you still need me to give you orders, or else you will forget to wash the dishes" kind of thing. Talk to your mom about it and make the transition to an adult slowly. Or give your mom a taste of her own medicine (=P) i have! LOL! Souns horrible i know.

    Try to be patient... and remember by doing so you are proving that you are the bigger person.

    Good luck!!!!!

  4. same here and it's messed up. but i do have my little mood swings, and i have told me mom when i leave and go into my room, that is when i am in a bad mood. and she said "I know", but when i do that (i do it for my family, tiring to be a nice teen), they give me the 3rd degree. so then i just get madder and end up yelling at them and then they yell back. i think they just want to make me mad.

  5. it's gonna be like this until your 18. unless you get good grades and be a perfect little angel.

  6. because raising teenagers is like nailing jello to a tree.

    oh, just tell her to tap you on the shoulder and tell you, that way you will notice her and have a chance to hear what she has to say.

  7. sorry to be blunt but SOME or MOST teens can be a pain in the you know what. and thats an understatement. talk to your mom about it so she continue to supposedly getting the wrong idea about you.

  8. i dont hate my teenager. but he is getting difficult. he doesnt listen and gets snotty when i ask him repeatedly.

    its a teenage thing. your reaction to her and her reaction to you is on edge right now.

    try being alittle more attentive to her and ask if you can do things before she asks you to. alittle goes along way.

    after a few years you will get back to having a great mom again.

    good luck. and kudos to you for looking for an answer instead of just writing her off as a b****.

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