How do I get my dad to shut up?

you could talk to him and tell him the way you are feeling. say that it doesnt make you feel good. and that it makes you upest with yourself. ( makes you insecure) you are still young, and this will happen for you untill its time to move out on your own. ( not saying you should go out and do that ) but parents want thee best for their children and they get very over protected of them therefore there is arguments and problems because you are not happy with the things your father wants you to do. another thing you can do is try to ignore him.. dont let him get to you. but dont give attitude when trying to ignore him. <- that will cause more problems. hope this helped :)

yeah, I feel your pain, I’m 16 and my dad is exactly like that (except for the boy part, he’s not as strict with guys). If things don’t go 100% his way no one can be happy. and he’s in complete denial, whenever I try to talk to him about it he denies it, blames me, and doesn’t do anything to change. Hopefully you dad is more open minded, so first I would suggest talking to him about how you feel- the key here is to talk about your FEELINGS, don’t accuse him of things, because that will put him on the defensive. for example, don’t say “dad, you’re a jerk and need to stop being so mean all the time” instead say something like “dad, it really hurts my feelings when you yell at me and call me names and I don’t think that kind of behavior is constructive for this family, I feel like we need to find a middle ground”. “haloyeah” is wrong, this is not all your fault, yes, there may be some things you can do differently to help ease the situation, but it is not all your fault, your dad has a lot of maturing to do as well, and he is just as much responsible for his behavior as you are for yours. Don’t blame yourself for his bad behavior, but you should look for ways to help the situation. hope that helps :-)

stop doing what you are doing to make him that way… there is obuoisly something that you are not telling us…

GOOD LUCK:)

People are saying to talk to him about your feeling but obviously you are not gonna do that because you don’t have that kind of relationship with him. What I would suggest would be to just not listen to him, don’t let him get to you. When he talks just pretend you are listening no matter how dumb or stupid he sounds. Don’t talk back! Although it may be tempting because he is obviously wrong and he doesn’t get it. Just think of your favorite song and nod or say yes to everything he says. I’m going through the same thing! Good luck!