This was a tough one, readers! But I think most of you that commented were right on point. Scroll down below to see what I told Emily to do about her son…
This was a tough one, readers! But I think most of you that commented were right on point. Scroll down below to see what I told Emily to do about her son…
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Disciplining a teenager can be tough, especially when the child is bigger than you are (literally!). The parent of a patient had this problem recently.
Sage is 16. His parents divorced when he was 11 and he hasn’t seen his father in two years. He is an only child and his mother, Emily, describes their relationship as very good. As a matter of fact, she says, that until recently, she and Sage were very close.
Two days ago she and Sage had a fight. He wanted to go away for the weekend with some friends and she said no. He was so incensed that he hit the wall, putting a hole in it and threatened to go away without his mother’s permission. After the argument, he ran up to his room and slammed the door so hard that it fell off of its frame.
Emily came to me asking for help. She said that Sage is physically a lot stronger than she and that she was frightened. His anger was getting out of control and he hadn’t hit her, but she was fearful that he might.
What should she do?
Click below to read my answer.