Parenting Teenagers (12-18) Support Group
This community is focused on the joys, challenges and concerns faced by parents of teenagers (12 to 18 year olds). The major areas of child development include: physical development, perception and sensory development, communication and language development, cognitive development, emotional development and social development.
my 17 year old is at her worst. I thought by her leaving the area, she would be able to straighten up. She agreed to go to Reno NV for a month to stay with my sister, who is much stricter than me. But she went to the movies with her cousin last night and didn't return, well thankfully the person they were with are very responsible and won't let anything happen to them. I just wish my daughter wouldn't do this especially with my sister and her family. Maybe my daughter needs a juvenile detention center. I don't know I think I am going to have to bring her back home. I don't know I feel like she is draining me of all my energy. I can't even work anymore.
My sister here said by doing that she will win. So now what do I do. I tried grounding her, I tried taking her possessions, I even tried a treatment center for troubled youth, she is just getting worse, I know it has to do with alcoholism. And she is very manipulative. So she needs some extensive help. any ideas?
My sister here said by doing that she will win. So now what do I do. I tried grounding her, I tried taking her possessions, I even tried a treatment center for troubled youth, she is just getting worse, I know it has to do with alcoholism. And she is very manipulative. So she needs some extensive help. any ideas?
You need to figure out a way to spend quality time with her. It may take a mediator (someone both of you trust) and just sit and talk with her. Let her say what is on her mind, which may hurt your feelings, but let her get it out. You never know what she has been holding in her heart against you which is why she is behaving the way she is. You in turn need to share with her how you feel. Talk with her woman to woman not like a child. She is 17 now and is about to go into a stage of life that she doesn't have a clue about. She needs you whether she knows or says it or not. She may drinking a lot but you need to find out what the root of her problem is and help her build her self-esteem up and recognize the value she has in herself. You must do the same for you.