The other night my husband and I were lying in bed talking about one of our teens, and how we learned the meaning of long-suffering from him.
Sometimes parenting a teenager feels like an exercise in just hanging in there. We tell ourselves we just have to hang in there for a couple more years, and then they will move out. But then we feel guilty, because that is not how we want that relationship to feel. We want to actually enjoy them and make the most of the short time we have left!
I want you to know that there is a better way! You don’t have to wait for your child to grow out of this difficult phase before you can have a beautiful relationship!
Please believe me when I say that the power to change your relationship with your teenager lies with YOU.
You don’t have to wait for them to mature, or to move out, or to change anything at all.
There are changes you can make in the way YOU approach the relationship that will dramatically change the way you feel. And when you change the way you show up as their mom, they begin to respond differently to you.
Don’t spend the next few months or years just hanging in there. Begin now to make the changes that will lay the foundation for a beautiful relationship for years to come.
It starts with believing that change begins with YOU!
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