15 Year Old Behavior

by Mrs. H
(Pecos, NM)

Hi Laura,

My husband and I have been having an argument about what constitutes normal 15 year old behavior. We have a son who is quite disrespectful to both of us, gets in arguments with his teachers, is always punching his younger brother and yesterday, after I told him to do something, he pinned me against the wall.

My husband travels a lot for business and isn't around to see what's going on, although he does admit that our son is very disrespectful. Still, my husband thinks this is normal 15 year old behavior and that our son will just grow out of it.

I feel it is abnormal and think our son's behavior is getting worse. In fact, the last incident where he pinned me against the wall made me realize that I am frightened of him.

Can you please settle this argument and give me some advice for what to do.