I am about to strangle my 15 yr old son!! Why is it whenever he can't find something, it is my fault. Today he was looking for a pair of sweatpants and since he couldn't find them, it ended up being my fault.
I walked into his room, opened his dresser drawer and took 3 pair of sweats out! No thank you mom, nothing....
Are all 15 yr olds like this?

Kids undergo stages wherein they always blame the parents. In the first place, we should train them while they are still young. When it comes to their things, they should be responsible to it. Once they get use to it, they would stop blaming other people when it gets lost. Of course, the parent should help them find it. If you haven't heard the "thank you mom", I guess it would be best to ask him "aren't you going to thank me" question. If you do this often, eventually he would be use to it, then he would that to other people as well. What do you think?

brandy~ I agree that you need to train kids early. Ask anyone who knows my son and they will tell you he is the kindest, most polite child they have ever met. The problem is when something goes wrong, he tends to place the blame on me! When I tell my friends how he is acting, they can't believe it!

Last night he came home and apologized. I knew he would, but it made for a bad day for everyone because of the incident.

Poor mom! That stinks. It's just the way it is I'm sure. I get the same thing and my daughter is only 13. If it's no that I say to something, it's oh you are so mean or you are so not fair. If something is missing or wrong, it's moms fault.

You gotta love it. Be thankful that he said sorry. Kids are great aren't they? My daughter is a different person when I am not around. She is great!

Teenager years are the acting out years. I think we all have been through it. And since I was a little belligerent at times as well, I don't believe I could blame my kids for being that way - it is only temporary and they sure grow out of it with a good discipline.

I don't have kids, but I remember being that way when I was that age. I think it's just because they're going through so many changes and it's very confusing and frustrated. A lot of the time that will come out as anger or frustration towards you, because you're there.

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