16.5 year old son got violent with me.

Sounds like an absolute shit show. But to be honest even your description comes off as crazy dramatic, so I could see him feeding off that energy. Welcome to being a dad to a young man? All this sounds super normal for a young man who is at that weird age that his body is getting strong and powerful but his mind is playing catch up. Two pieces of advice, 1 make sure it’s not roids or something, that’s prime age for that and I watched some guys turn into complete phycos while on a cycle. 2, grow up, teach by example, ur son attacks you and you post online this long drawn out dramatic post? You go crying to his mommy about it? Your feeling got hurt cause he used a gay slur at you but your not gay, for real my man? Kid deserved the elbow sounds like. Follow it up with some good dad’ing and maybe another elbow or two if need be. Next time it won’t be his dad giving him a little elbow, it’s gonna be someone who interprets his actions as a true threat and will respond in kind!

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