Alec and Logan recently turned 13 years old! They are officially teenagers and are more than willing to tell whoever they are around about this new phase of their lives. They have said they feel different and they seem to act differently now too.
One difference I've noticed is a change of attitude. This is not necessarily a good change. In fact, at times it's something I really don't like dealing with. I understand hormones are raging inside them, but there have been times when they go from laughing to being very angry in the matter of minutes. And, most of those times, it's for strange reasons.
One example I can think of is, one day one of the boys was playing around with me in the kitchen. He accidentally bumped into the other boy and, BAM, they were mad. It's sort of like a Jekyl and Hyde sort of thing. One minute happy and the next mad or sad.
The good thing is that I'm not so old I don't remember this turbulent time of childhood. I remember getting angry over dumb things. It was things like the way someone looked at me or something my mom wanted me to do. If I didn't like the way I was looked at or didn't want to do whatever it was mom wanted, then I got mad and went stomping off to my room.
The bad thing is, I have two of these hormone raging Jekyl and Hydes running around in my house. It's a good thing that the happy/bad moods haven't happened at the same time - yet! And when it does happen, I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
What we have been doing so far is a combination of things. We have stopped the boys as they stomp off and tell them to explain why they are angry. This usually doesn't work, by the way. We've found that most of the time, they don't know why they are angry. Another thing we have done is to tell them that their behavior is not acceptable. This usually results in them glaring at us and stomping off to their rooms. So far, and this probably isn't the best way to deal with things, the best thing we've done is simply ignore their behavior. By ignoring the behavior, what we do is not validate it and make them think about what they are doing.
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