gingersmom Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I'm trying to think of the right word. She has only been 13 for less than a week. But I am ready for her to go back to being 12. For eaxmple, we drive to pizza parlor to pick up a pie. She comes out with 2 slices. What????? Goes back inside to pick up pizza pie. This is her first year homeschooling and things have been going amazingly well. Until today. She is yelling and slamming books around. Her goal is to do as little work as possible. Her 10 year old brother finishes his work before her. So she figures that she must be finished too. Or not. Breathe in, breathe out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 moody hormonal difficult moody :p oh and did I mention moody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 It is soooo true. I loved twelve, now I dont even know who she is. I hate 13, I hope it doesnt stay like this til 18. My first has always been grouchy , so 13 was no big change, but this one was an Angel. Hormones bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalieclare Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 very... prickly easily exasperated prone to playing loud show tunes at obnoxious times private embarrassed We can get overly busy here at our house, so when my daughter was 13 it was crucial for me to pull her along side of me for some one on one time. I always got a good return for that time spent, even if all we did was read our novels next to each other after the littles had been put to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 moody prickly snippy annoyed superior self-centered Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 moody prickly snippy annoyed superior self-centered Tara LOL I'm so going to tell dd to stop being so Tara at some point :lol: Sorry, at first I was trying to figure out what Tara meant, er uh duh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Sorry, at first I was trying to figure out what Tara meant, er uh duh... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asta Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 When ds was 11 and 12, I started saying to him: "I'm warning you now - 13 sucks. There is nothing you can do about it except wait for 14". He'd ask why, and I'd tell him that no one would consider him a kid any longer, but no one would treat him like an adult, either. And puberty would hit him like a freight train. Kid said to me: "mom - why are you telling me this now?" I replied, "because you're not going to listen to me when you're 13. At all." Fast forward. Kid will turn 16 soon. A couple of months ago, out of the blue, kid turned to me and said, "you know what, mom? Thirteen really sucked." :lol::lol::lol::lol: I think it is the universal suckage age. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in AL Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Oh my gosh, I think my 15 yo is really 13! Seriously, 15 is a rerun. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 grouchy sweet unreasonable moody kind prickly needy emotional gracious passive/aggressive ( I need you, no I don't, well I do, but only if you want to...) mean self-oriented Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Reading this thread is scary. REAL scary. -- Mom to 12 yog who is a complete delight (so far) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 All of the above, summed up in a word - erratic. And I am still trying to figure out whether it is a privilege or a curse to, as her mother, absorb the brunt of it. I get frustrated with her, but when I look at how her body has changed so much in the last 18 months, I must remember that the only thing that changed me that rapidly (post-puberty) was pregnancy. When I remember to consider that, I have much more empathy for those raging hormones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Mine has been like this since she turned 12. SHe will be 13 in a month but I don't think it will turn worse. She just was advanced in bad moodiness and behavior.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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