Re: selfish teenagers

What helped me was getting a life! My life was taking care of them for all those years (and it should be, but I was single too) and I lost my own life.

In the beginging, I acting like what they did didn't mater and I really took good care of myself. It was shocking for them and they're bad just to get attention. I also set a rule that my life is only about peace and my home is only for peace. If what you're doing isn't peaceful you need to leave me alone. It takes a while for them to believe that, but eventually they do after you don't get caught up in their drama. I had to send them, one at a time, to their dad a few times.

I needed to find out what I liked and didn't like. Reading a lot of books helped, like, "Simple Abundance, A Day of Comfort and Joy" by Sarah Ban Breathnach and hundreds of others. I went back to school and got my degree and a good job and now I'm back in school again.

I think the other people were right when they said take care of yourself first, respect yourself and then everyone will respect you too. Tweet