Most teenagers would honestly argue otherwise. Annie's provocative attacking is an immature bit of the assertive and successful adult that she will become. These new ways of being have a long way to go before they evolve into constructive, adult ways. At this point, it is impossible to see a direct road to healthy adulthood. Parents and children think of themselves differently.
Marriages can transition from normal to complicated and conflictual.
Not uncommonly, parents of teenagers undergo changes in their approaches to their jobs and ways they get along with their other children. Parents can feel threatened by these powerful, teenage forces. They may try to protect themselves by acting uncharacteristically in this unfamiliar, transitional family life. Parents may become critical and rejecting of everyone. It can be as though they are caught being critical and punitive for their teenager.