Being an authority figure for your child is, frankly speaking, not easy. It is even more difficult to get that authority figure back.
Words won't help you with this, even if you don't just say them but shout them. It's useless to threaten your child that you'll take away his phone or lock him out of the house.
If he has stopped hearing you, everything you say to the “baby” is nothing more than background noise.
Aggressive actions will not help either: no one has ever managed to achieve mutual understanding with their help, while a new conflict, on the contrary, appears right there.
Advice for parents
If you are determined to regain lost ground, start from scratch.
This means that you must do what you say and keep your promises.
This is the only way that a 5-year-old child and a 15-year-old teenager will understand that mom’s or dad’s words mean something and will start paying attention to them.
Be prepared for the fact that it will be difficult to restore authority.
The main thing is to act consistently and follow the established rules yourself.
First, just shut up. Just be quiet for a while, and the child will pay attention to you. Use this opportunity to reflect on your mistakes and decide what to do next.
And only then can you begin to build a dialogue anew. Behave calmly and with dignity - this is what authoritative adults do.
