“We try to listen to him and bring him whatever he asks, do whatever he asks us to do," a parent tells HuffPost UK. Here, a therapist explains why they need to change tack.
A grandparent's spouse won’t use their grandson’s first name, only calling him ‘the little one’ or using his middle name — and it's causing tension
The burnt out parent said gearing up the enthusiasm to do another day of it was "destroying" her.
Therapists weigh in on how parents can cope when the mess takes over.
"I've had another baby since and our bond was instant and it makes me feel so much worse".
The changes are so prominent that even the NHS has a page on “coping with teenagers”.
"I screwed up and it’s killing me," said the parent, after discovering messages on her daughter's phone.
It's a common dilemma. Here's what parenting pros suggest.
A parent of a 13-year-old wonders if she's invading her daughter's privacy – or if this monitoring is a necessity to protect her.
"I’m trying to avoid the whole physical punishment thing. I don’t really believe in it and I also don’t have the stomach for it," says one parent. So, how should they respond to this phrase?