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Originally posted by leagleaze
I have a question for the wise denizens of this board.
If you have an adolescent child who becomes upset, informs her mother that she hates her and runs down the street to a friend's house, what do you think is the appropriate response?
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Give her an hour or two to cool off, call her home, and then apply whatever punishment or discipline presumably led to the blow-up in the first place.
Adolescents tell their parents they hate them on average at least monthly. It's part of the process. The best technique is to ignore it.
