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Vacation from Hell

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Well it started out with the anticipation of my two older boys coming out for a visit. I had to make half the basement into a bedroom  for one of my sons (it was a computer area and tv/gaming area) with some shelves and I left the gaming/tv area as is. My SO son, E, completely lost it. It's "his space" and "NO, no one is sleeping down here" and "why can't they share the spare bedroom", "this is so dumb" etc....I calmly explained that since they are teens they all deserve there own bedroom area and if the tables were turned, we would absolutely do that for him.

Dealing with Disrespect

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It's been a tough year. Between us we have 6 kids. The ages range from 4,6,15,14,14,14 and 16. The two younger ones are pretty good. The one 14 year old is a disaster. 
Have never encountered a child that disrespects and talks back like he does. I've never disciplined him (I can't- he's far to old and that would create resentment). His dad usually resorts to taking away electronics which does not work. He keeps repeating these behaviours.