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am i over reacting?

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ok some of you know that i plan on moving back to new york and that my 18yr is staying, she got an apartment and is moving out june 15 she graduates high school june 11. over the past couple of weeks we have had some arguements about her coming home on time especially on school nights. i tried to compromise with her because i know she is going thru a rough time. her curfew is 1 o'clock. she only has one class to go to, she is a senior and has all of her credits and even got a scholarship. last night she calls me a 5 minutes to one and tells me she is sleeping at her friends house but that she is going to school. the bottom line for me is she is not following the rules i put down for her. so i told her if she isn't going to follow my rules for the next month that she is home then she can find her own way to work and school i am done. i can't keep fighting with her and not sleeping and crying. some body give me a reality check please. overall she really is a good kid, i just expect her to follow the rules.
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1:00 on school nights is very generous. It's hard, b/c you want this time w/her to be pleasant. If you give her an ultimatum, you have to stick with it. Are you prepared to do that?
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yes i am!..she has been texting me from school telling me she is sorry,..told her to stop texting me!...but she won't...you know what i don't have a choice i have to stick with it...she is moving out in a month and i won't have any say or control over what she does..i just have to trust that i tought her well(which she says i have and that she is not stupid and to stop worring about her), but isn't that my job as a mother ---to WORRY!!!
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I think that you have a reason to be somewhat upset. I am sure as a parent you are just worried about her and want whats best for her and her future. I would hope she can realize that you already give her so much freedom, obviously when you set rules they mean something ya know.

This sounded better in my head before I tried to write it down lol
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ttaarraa....it sounds good written down too!!!...lol..thank you
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