going right, ask how or what questions. hand things over to your teens and see what happens.
how are you going to make sure that you hand your school work in on time?
what did you think would happen if you did that?
how would you respond to this if you were me?
what do you think as a family we should do here?
you get the picture. ask a question.
your teen may not answer you, they may grunt and walk off, but they won’t argue, they won’t blow up and they will think about it. furthermore, you won’t have added more fuel to the flames of your teen’s anger, which is often directed at 