14-year-old son stands up to mom after he discovers she talks to her friends about his personal issues, mom refuses to stop: ‘I can tell my friends whatever I want’

When children go through the shift from kids to teenagers, a lot changes in the dynamics between them and their parents. Most of all, the idea of privacy.

As long as your kids are still kids, under ~12 years old, everything that belongs to them also belongs to you. You know everything about them–who their friends are, who they hung out with at lunch, their favorite subjects in school, even who they have a crush on. They don't share because they have to; they do it because they want to. Because they have yet to develop any filter, and they enjoy telling their parents absolutely everything.

However, as soon as children shift to teenagehood, parents suddenly find themselves totally in the dark about who their kids are. The notion of privacy suddenly becomes the most delicate subject when talking to your teenagers, and they become hyperaware of everything you know about them, wanting you to keep it all to yourself.

Which means that if you want your kids to keep trusting you with information in the future, you have to respect their privacy when they ask for it.

The mother in the story below failed this task miserably.
Instead of respecting her 14-year-old son's privacy, she decided to talk to her friends about him and his problems, to his face. Then, when he confronted her about it and told her it made him uncomfortable, she claimed he had no right to tell her who she could or could not talk to.
Not the best way to gain your teenage son's trust, Mom…
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