So happy to have found this post. I've been meandering substack looking for help in some form as I'm really struggling emotionally with parenting my older teens. It's really hard not to feel a combination of sadness, anger, guilt, and fear. Obviously love is there all the time, and I write in a gratitude journal every night, where my usual first point is how thankful i am that we are all safe and togethr under one roof. But I know that, so soon, that will change. The lack of conversation, hugs, smiles, and agreeability has just worn me down to a blah sad sack.
So happy to have found this post. I've been meandering substack looking for help in some form as I'm really struggling emotionally with parenting my older teens. It's really hard not to feel a combination of sadness, anger, guilt, and fear. Obviously love is there all the time, and I write in a gratitude journal every night, where my usual first point is how thankful i am that we are all safe and togethr under one roof. But I know that, so soon, that will change. The lack of conversation, hugs, smiles, and agreeability has just worn me down to a blah sad sack.
such snappy and funny prose - not to mention profound!