How do I talk to my teenage son about his behavior toward me?

My son is normally a great kid, I know he loves me and his sister. But sometimes when my husband is away working, he says things that are hurtful. He says them becasue he wants us to leave him alone, but we are a family in a small house. We all have to share. But he gets so angery.





right now his playing to ends against the middle. Meaning, his looking at my husband as the good or cool parent and me as the evil one. I hate this, we use to be so close.





tonight was bad, we fight. How did we get here?How do I talk to my teenage son about his behavior toward me?
the answer is staring you in the face, he is a teenager, what he needs right now is time on his own to explore things himself, rather than you telling him the answer yourself.


his body is changing, and it is quite common to have mood swings, change in behaviour etc. he treats his dad better because he is probably not bothering him all the time about spending too much time together.


just give him more space ie. he will talk with you when he is ready, unlike you did before.


about the fight, make him a special treat, and he will see you are trying to say sorry, and he will respond to that, but dont push him into anything he doesnt want to do, yet dont let him away too easy either.


hope this works for youHow do I talk to my teenage son about his behavior toward me?
Try to give him some privacy, but also tell him how he makes you feel. He is probably feeling out of control as his body is changing and his hormones are affecting how he feels.


When he is nice give him lots of positive feedback.





Is there a way he can get time alone without being mean? Can you sit down with him and your husband and come up with some rules for behaviour and consequences of being mean and consequences of being nice?





Try to talk to your son about it when he isn't hungry or tired.
Talk to your husband especially if your son sees his father as the ';good one.'; You and your husband should sit down with your son and discuss this. Your son is a teenager and he's going thru ';teenager'; stages. So really anything you say will be ignored so it should be reinforced with your hubby. Or hey tell your son if he doesnt start respecting you your going to make him follow your every move and he will never have his ';own'; time :) That'll be torture for him. But I would try the talk with you, your hubby and son. Good Luck
I would get your husband onside and get HIM to talk to your son 'man to man'





It isn't unusual for a teenage boy to go through a phase of not being able to stand his own mothers voice - hence getting dad to talk to him and show him that he (your hubby) respects you and expects your son to do the same (IE show HIS WIFE respect which will get his attention like you wouldn't believe).
If u tried to talk to ur son about it he'd prob get uncomftorable and insult u even more. it's time to take charg!YOU are the parent you need to step up to the plate. Take away privilages from ur CHILD, until u get the respect u need and deserve!
watch 'the nanny'!
my brother is just the same with my mum. Well he was like that but his changed now they all sat down 2gether and asked him what he wanted from them and you know what it worked all he wanted was time alone with my mam cause my sister was always in the way an the apple of me mams eye and he knew it thats why he was bad. Take your son out just you and him