When I was a teenager, I thought I hated my mom. We had been such good friends when I was little, and I went through a horrible phase where I was rude and disrespectful and constantly fought with her. I could tell it broke her heart but I didn't care. I grew out of that phase, and so will your daughter! My mom & I are closer than ever. Trust me, the teenage years are the worst (for all parties involved).
#1 - by sparrowsong
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If it make you feel any better. I've had similar thoughts and experiences with mine. It's part of the "process"... so they tell me. :)
#2 - by ethics13
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From a teenager who sometimes fights with her mom, believe me when I say that she really does still love you; she just doesn't know how to express it anymore.
#3 - by Haley
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My mum cried for 3 hours today because of something i said. i wish more than anything that i could take it back.
#4 - by youmakemehappy
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I'm 19 and yell and curse at my mom all the time, but no matter what, I'll still always love her, and so does your daughter, trust me.
#5 - by crumlejc
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I think this has always been and always will be the reality for mothers and daughters. I cringe when I think about how nasty I sometimes was to my mom when I was a teenager. I'm just glad I got past it and we got along great before she died. If teenaged girls really stopped to think about how they'd feel if they never saw their mom again, leaving it the way they left it with their moms, I think there'd be changes. But that's not how teenagers think, for the most part.
#7 - by fluff
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I am 18 years old and I would never swear at mother, no matter how many fights we get into. I know that you're hurt right now, but you need to take a stand and not allow your daughter to be disrespectful in that way. Fighting is natural, and like everyone else has said, she still loves you; but she also needs to respect you and you need to respect yourself enough not to allow her to treat you that way.
#8 - by jax10
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Sometimes it's important to remember that being a parent doesn't automatically make you right, though that doesn't excuse your daughter's disrespectful behavior. Listen to her side once in awhile instead of responding only to her temperamental attitude.
#9 - by lichen
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