This Is What It Means When Your Teen is ‘Soiling The Nest’

My oldest leaves for college in about six weeks.

To say the last few months haven’t been without many aggravations, unwarranted aggressions, flaring tempers, and angry outbursts would be a big, fat lie because they have — a lot.

My son leaves for college soon, and he’s making our time together unpleasant, possibly by design. (Twenty20 @9_fingers_)

 

This is a phenomenon known as “soiling the nest“

It’s when we as mothers, perhaps out of utter exhaustion and perpetual impatience, have gotten to t...