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I have a 17 year old sister that started the drama last year, I am expecting it to continue for a couple of more years. My 15 year old dd started 2 years ago....it better end soon or one of us might not live to see the end, my guess is HER. My 11 year old dd hasn't started it to bad yet. THANK GOD.
So far there has been no drama with my 13 year old. And we even moved across the country 6 months ago, and she handled it very well. She's very mature and sensible, lets hope it stays this way.
So far there has been no drama with my 13 year old. And we even moved across the country 6 months ago, and she handled it very well. She's very mature and sensible, lets hope it stays this way.
***Fingers Crossed***
I would have said the same thing when my daughter was 13. Not too much of what I kept hearing others say. I thought things were great - that I was going to glide on through this teenage thing everyone warned me about (needless to say it was because of my wonderful parenting!!). Then came about 16 and boyfriends..... Nothing horrible but DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA....oh my....
We don't allow for drama here. LOL I decided a long time ago that I wasn't going to spend years of my life subjected to teenage drama. We do our best to help the kids manage their emotions and minimize the drama.
Seriously though, sending the kids on a long walk to the end of the street helps them put things in perspective and most of the drama is gone by the time they get back. If not, they turn around and walk again until they are in a condition to have a reasonable conversation...without the drama.
NCYank - just curious as to how you go about not allowing drama and how old are your kids? I was not a dramatic teen either (in fact I specifically asked my parents about this cause I just never remembered being like that) and I really didn't think my daughter was either but.....I just think there is a lot more drama these days (between Facebook, texting, and shows like the Hills, Laguna Beach etc - even if your kid isn't watching (at least at your house!)- everyone else is and thinks all that behavior is normal). I've always explained stuff to my kids and talked through stuff with them. The drama is not generally home drama (like mouthiness and stuff) but school and friends drama that then you have to listen to again and again and then help them deal with it and the tears over friends and boyfriends and teachers etc etc. It just seems to be an overflow of emotion and I have no idea how to control or not allow those. Agreed that some kids are just more dramatic than others....
As a single father raising 3 daughters who were all teenagers at the same time I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It all seemed to get a little better once all 3 started having thier periods at the same time. Then it was just drama/bitching for one week and 3 weeks of relative peace. But I am really shocked that i am relatively sane!!!!! Good luck and hang in there!
I bet I was 19 or so before I stopped with regular major meltdowns. They still pop up, sporadically ...
My sister's were even more comical than mine were -- my mom agrees, so it wasn't just my perspective of being four years older than made her dramatics seem so ... dramatic. Heh. We did lots of sighing, door slamming, stomping and pouting. I was better at door slamming (knocked all the pictures off the walls in three rooms once!); my sister was a champ at stomping and pouting. And her daughter seems to have inherited her talents! LOL Poor Sis is in for it in about six or seven years ...
Depends on the person. It fades slowly over time. It completely goes away around 88 I think. Defeinitely gone by 104.
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Nothing horrible but DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA....oh my....
