Teenager spent an hour driving me nuts with his attitude, and is now being the world's cutest person, sitting on the deck, practicing guitar, and eating watermelon. Why are they this way?
Think of it as a painful compliment.
Their brains are literally re-wiring themselves, and the body chemistry is out of whack, and they - in their core - understand that you are the ones with whom they are safe.
Signed,
Survivor of three teenagers