Talk To Me: My teenage son has a problem with almost everything I say

Psychologist Caroline Martin is here to answer your questions on whatever issues you are dealing with in life, from work pressure and stress to loneliness and grief

'My son is spending more and more time in his bedroom. It's almost like he's had a personality transplant.'

My 15-year-old son has developed an attitude problem. I find it difficult to have a conversation with him as he seems to have a problem with almost everything I say. If it's not the subject matter, it's the way I talk. I've tried to reason with him but it seems to make things worse. He is spending more and more time in his bedroom. It's almost like he's had a personality transplant.

Spending time with our 15-year-old children can feel a bit like we’ve been cast as a hapless hero in a theatre of the absurd. Someone forgot to hand you the script and you have to improvise.