{"id":2988,"date":"2024-10-08T06:58:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T05:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2024-10-08T06:58:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T05:58:54","slug":"mom-leaves-note-on-disrespectful-sons-door-and-now-its-going-viral-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=2988","title":{"rendered":"Mom Leaves Note On \u201cDisrespectful\u201d Son\u2019s Door, And Now It\u2019s Going Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parenting a cocky, disrespectful teenager can be a significant challenge, leading many parents to explore different approaches to instill proper behavior. One impactful method came from a mom named Heidi Johnson, who wrote a heartfelt letter to her 13-year-old son, Aaron, and shared it on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Initially intended for a small circle of friends, the post unexpectedly went viral, but Johnson stands by her decision to make it public.<\/p>\n<p>In her letter, Johnson expressed her frustration about being treated like a \u201croommate\u201d rather than a mother. She humorously provided an itemized bill totaling over $700 for rent, food, and other expenses, emphasizing that if Aaron wanted to act like a roommate, she would treat him as one.<\/p>\n<p>However, she clarified that the goal wasn\u2019t to make him pay but to help him understand the value of their home and what it takes to maintain it.<\/p>\n<p>The letter stemmed from a recent incident where Aaron lied about his homework. Despite the public nature of the post, it hasn\u2019t harmed their relationship; they still communicate openly, and Aaron has apologized. Johnson\u2019s post has also encouraged other parents to seek her advice and share their experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parenting a cocky, disrespectful teenager can be a significant challenge, leading many parents to explore different approaches to instill proper behavior. One impactful method came from a mom named Heidi Johnson, who wrote a heartfelt letter to her 13-year-old son, Aaron, and shared it on Facebook. Initially intended for a small circle of friends, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2989,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988\/revisions\/2989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}