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My 12 year old is angry and having a meltdown...

Parents Support One Another @ MyOutOfControlTeen.com/support = I need help with the following issue: my 12 year old is angry and having a meltdown. i am afraid to go near him due his violent temper. he is throwing everything in his room, spitting and screaming and being completely destructive. i dont know what to do, but it needs to stop...help?

He refuses to be grounded...

Parents Support One Another @ MyOutOfControlTeen.com/support = I need help with the following issue:

I started your program a few days back and I need some help. My 15 yr old refuses to do anything and I mean anything we ask him to do and he refuses to be grounded when he does something wrong. For instance if we say , you can not watch TV for 3 days, he will do exactly that. To make him honor the grounding, we take away the TV access card. As soon as we do that he will find something that interest in, and of course, annoy us to do. When we deny him access to that one he will find something else. The process continues till there is nothing worth taking away. At this point, one would think he will comply, but all he says is that "I am already grounded, what is there to loose."

The other issue I have with this attitude is that, he makes the whole family suffer-his sister can not watch TV, no internet etc and since he does not care, he just goes on annoying people . What do I do?

My teen is probably smoking pot...

Parents Support One Another @ MyOutOfControlTeen.com/support = I need help with the following issue:

My teen is probably smoking pot. i have found pipes and also they have angry outbursts if i try to ground them they just leave the house anyway. their older brother has been a bad influence with him and i stopped giving them any money except for lunch at school ...I don't know how to influence him due to all the peer influence and easy availability of this drug. he refuses to take a drug test.