The last word. . .

stick your tounge at her! I am only kidding. It is a losing battle. She does ot becasue she knows she is driving you up the wall. Jusr look down, and smile

You will probably have to endure it for a long time, my daughter is the same way. I just try to end the argument. Or better yet, escape. I will lock myself into the bathroom and turn on a radio, that way I don't have to listen to her. She finally gets the point and shuts up. Find your escape route quick or loose your sanity. My daughter is 12 years old and very outspoken and can be a little bit of a pain in the butt. Don't get me wrong, I helped make her that way, mostly for safty sake, being as she isn't going to let anyone push her around. I was always being bullied and picked on. Then I met a friends father who brought me out of it quick(by saying something rude to me and if I did't respond, he would throw me off thier boat and haul butt away from me, after 1 weekend of this torture, I became a mouth delux. And i decided that my child(ren) would never be the one everybody picked on, so I started teaching her at a young age to stand up fro herself and not to take any bull from anybody, it worked.

If you ever get this 1 figured out, I would like to be a first to know how to get them teen girls to stop the arguing! Mine is 13, and she STARTS the fights. And it doesn't matter who it is that she is around, she will just pop something out to get someone wound up over nothing. And then, after fighting about it, she thinks it's always someone elses fault that she was yelling about something in the first place! I walk away, most of the time. There have been times when she gets in my face and yells at me, she says she does so to make sure she was "heard", and I really want to knock her on her butt! Mind you she is over 8 inches taller than me, and outweighs me by about 80 pounds.... I still want to give her a "shock" and put her in her place but geesh! I would hate to take my kid out physically! LOL There will come a day... but in the meantime, I have learned to ignore her or walk away and just let her have her "last word". And that head bobbing, shoulder swaying thingy, OMG that drives me NUTS!!

How old is your daughter? She's just developing a part of her personality. Try and encourage her for arguing for good!! Get her in a debating club, and if there isn't one for her age, start one. Try and find a way for her to focus this argumentative way in a positive direction, as opposed to a negative one. I know, I was and still AM, the same way!! As an adult, I LOVE discussing politics.

Let her have the last word, as long as she follows your rules, then fine. She will eventually stop arguing with you in oh 10 years or so, but I have found the most important thing is to pick your battles. Don't argue over everything. Decide what is really important and let the other things slide. Good luck

I wish there was an easy answer to this problem. I have a 14 yr old son that does the exact same thing. He has gotten better with me because I walk away from him and hide in another room if need be. But he and my husband go at it like there is no tomorrow. I try to tell my husband to do what I do but I think he enjoys it as much as my son. Personally I think they like to hear themselves argue.