Parenting is not an even relationship.
While it is important to maintain your boundaries and to protect yourself when you are having conflict with your teen, it is more important to keep perspective. What I mean by keep perspective is remember the parent you want to be in spite of their insane behavior, don’t make the issues more important than they really are, and don’t take their behavior personally. You are the parent and even though at times your teenager seems to have adult like moments remember that their f

