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mamaluv69 
I think my child has lost her mind and is out to get her dad. My husband has never laid a hand on my daughter other than spanking her "maybe" twice in her 13.5 years of life. The other night they got into a tift about her screaming at me because of something her brother did. He talked to son and daughter and found they were both guilty so sent them to do some yard work as punishment (you know that same stuff we had to do as children BEFORE we did anything else, lol). As they were outside she was crying and boo hooing so loundly that you could hear her inside the house. My husband opened the door and asked her to keep it down so the neightbors wouldn't be subjected to her baby like behavior. She then yelled at him so he raised his voice to her and she screamed again. He asked her softly why she was acting that way and she screamed "our of fear of you!!". Turns out our next door neighbot was in the backyard to witness the entire episode. Other than raising his voice from time to time he has never given her a reason to fear him. As a matter of fact he is always the one she runs to when she is REALLY scared. I know in my heart she is just doing this for attention, she knows that if I think she is in fear of something then I will interject. I have done this for her so many times that now she depends on it. I feel as if I have failed my child by protecting her to much. I am scared this is why she has a hard time interacting with the real world. I have no idea how to correct this and make it better for her. Where is Dr. Phil when you really need him?
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At 13 they are very smart and very conniving. She probably seen that the neighbour was out there on her way to the back yard. My daughter would always come to me when something was wrong and lately, I find that she has been going from me to her dad. I've really taken notice that it all depends on my mood or my husbands mood, she will go after whoever is being softer to her that specific day. I think she is also testing to see how far she can push you and your husband. I also find that my daughter is more and more the "DRAMA QUEEN" she just overreacts all the time. Maybe your daughter is going through the same thing. I don't feel you have failed your child. As a loving mother, it is only normal that we over protect them. That is part of our job.
Strudel