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Hi,
I am a father too 2 girls 1s 12 and going through the [censored] stage got her puberty and period gives her the right to be cheeky lol and my 19 month girl is so rough and tummble her big sister always moanin.as an ex drug addict my q2 year old never got much o ma time as was busy workin and had problems.Anyway i find it hard to express how much i love my girls i feel that i gotta be the big tough daddy but i feel that i am a bit tough at times 😳 as there behaviour compared to some o the 12 year old were we live ive done a grand job ,as its just pe puberty moaning but i find it hard to ignore .as she has always been brought up 2 respect people and especially her mum,when she gives her moan about god knows could be socks but it alwyas seems to become an issue.some times she tryes to get me nad her mum to bight at each other as she presses our right butttons,so it goes from socks that was not an option she was waring them to me an the Wf arguing about the way i tell her to do things plus s he is slackin at some school work.I hated schol never went was not till ma 20s that i started to learn and go to colledge so schol work comes easy to me but my daughter finds readin hard yet i expect her to be able as i know she can.Yet i get so angry that its got heated wi me an the wife .then my wee baby not evevn 2 yet and has to see and here all this now she thinks you shout to communicate lol. yet i get so frustrated........................
Welcome to adolescence!! I have so many arguments with my 13 year old but I also do my best to spend some one on one time.
School is a nightmare so encourage rather than shout (its really difficult)
Also pick your fights - they are not all worth fighting!!
Only 7 years to go...
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