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anonymous

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Anyone out there with a pre-teen that think they know more than you and no matter how much you try to talk to them, they keep telling you they know but, you know they really doesn't?

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kandi

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I know what you are going through. My son just turned 13 and has become very stubborn. Never wanting to do treatments. Thinks because he feels good he doesn't have to do anything. I would like to know what to do my self. Beyond admitting my self to a mental institution.
 

anonymous

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I know that's how I feel the same way. They want you to treat them like a young adult. When you do they start acting like children they don't want you to treat them like. I tell my daughter she's lucky to have parents that care enough to want to know what's going in her life, it go in one and out the other! I also tell her that th younger ones look up to her and what they see her do and say weather it's right or wrong their going to to the some.

Tara
 

thelizardqueen

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Well, speaking as someone who once was a rebelious teen when it came to treatments, I would suggest maybe haveing your child talk to a counselor. There should be a CF counselor on the team. Any other advice I can give you, is the more you push, the more your kid will rebel. All of us CFers have gone through a phase of not wanting to do meds, etc. I would think its a phase.
 

Seana30

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Tara,

I completely understand what you are saying.

I have two teenage girls. Sometimes they look at me like I am the dumbest person in the world. They think I know NOTHING and they know EVERYTHING.

A few weeks ago I had my first experience with the "I hate you, I am going to runaway" thing. It really broke my heart, but I didn't back down. I told her I would help her pack her things, but who was going to pay for cheerleading, take her to tumbling classes, do her hair for games. This really caught her attention.

With Courtney we do not have to much trouble with her taking her meds and stuff. She starts high school next year, and I hope that does not change.

Seana
 

Emily65Roses

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Seana, just a note: High school is, I'd be willing to bet, when most of us go through our "effff this medicine crap, I'm going to test my boundaries and do what I want" stage. It's when I did. Let's hope Courtney stays the same, but don't be surprised or lose your mind if she pushes the envelope. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 

Seana30

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***STICKING FINGERS IN EARS AND SCREAMING LALALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU********

I don't want to hear that Emily!!

LOL

Seana
 

Allie

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haha, sorry Seana, it's true, they go through the annoying "No meds." stage, and all you can really do is be annoying right back.

All preteens, CF or not, get snooty with thier parents. I'm fully waiting for Ahava to get into the "I'm going to run away/I hate you/you're not my real mother" stuff. Anyone BUT your real mother would have thrown you to the wolves a long time ago, kid. lol.
 

anonymous

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My 15y/o with CF never went through that phase (YET, thankfully!). She has always religiously done her treatments and is the sort of girl that craves attention from her mummy! Never any rebellion there so there is hope yet!!!!
 
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