My kids say things like 'I hate you' when they don't get their way. It's hard not to take it personally.

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Parenting teenagers is not for the faint-hearted. When my kids were born, I had a picture in my mind of how they would turn into great and loving adults. I didn't see us bumping heads at any point because my heart was full of all the great ways I could nurture them.