 | I need help to keep my cool when my 15 year old pushes my buttons. He gets more and more disrespectful by doing things he has been told not to do (like messing with the AC and controlling the temperature of the house) or not doing things he has been told to do. When he does his chores after reminding him several times every day, he does it with cussing like "this is BS, why do I have to do this crap" etc. Yesterday we had a situation that is so typical. He asked why I can't give him a driving lesson this weekend. My answer, because we are in the middle of moving. Then he keeps on asking why I got him the learners permit in the first place, if I don't want him to learn how to drive. I say, this is not the case, but we are moving right now. He goes on and on and finally I screamed out of the top of my lungs BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING, God damit. Then I send him to his room. He smiled at me when I yelled. He does not even know that he aggrevated the crap out of me by going on and on with false accusations. I think he just loves to push my buttons. He says things that are so not true and sound like I just want to mess his life up and do him bad. But I always try to make things possible for him and give him a good life. I wish he would stop and I could keep my cool. Please advise.
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