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I recently had an issue with my teen son that put me over the edge. It was a small thing (him not doing what I asked), but it was the last straw of a much bigger issue that broke my back. I went a bit ballistic!

Leading up to that moment was me investing countless effort and hours helping him resolve a big problem he was facing. I use the word “helping” loosely when referring to his input because he did very little to participate in the solving of it. He also did very little in expressing his gratitude when I finally fixed the issue for good.

The resulting bad equation was: lack of gratitude + ignoring my request = blow my top!

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