<p>Thanks for sharing that article, Soozie. It is truly a heartache when parents have children that are not nice and/or they don’t like. Though extreme environments may well have effects on children, kids who are at an extreme in a “normal” situation are probably wired that way. Though a parent can learn to deal with that sort of personality as best possible, changing these children is not possible most of the time. It’s just who they are.</p>
<p>Also I think parents need to remember that these teen/young adult years are the difficult years. I think kids go a bit insane at this time. Many want to be “bad” for the sake of being bad. They rebel. They’re nasty. They’re all bipolar. They all get depressed. Their moods hit extremes. They are dealing with a lot of tough things. They’re upbringing and original beliefs are being challenged. They want to have friends and belong. Yet they want their parents to accept and love them. Some kids are more difficult than others. Some just luckier than others. These years are not always indicative of what sort of person your child is going to be when this metamorphosis is completed. The caterpillar has it easy. Our kids don’t have that cocoon.</p>