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 teen (16 years old)has been drinking and sexually active. She has contracted an STD earlier this year. Thankfully, a curable one. She was at a party at her boyfriend's home where a young man was shot. He died. Her boyfriend was the one who owned the gun. But not the one who shot the man. My daughter still thinks this boy is ok to date. Any advice on trying to get a 16 year old to listen to reason when getting an STD, and witnessing the shooting and death of an 18 year old because of alcohol and drugs doesn't cause her to re-evaluate her lifestyle? I feel so helpless. I can't understand how whe has gone so bad so fast.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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Has anyone tried these supplements? Do they give MGers more quality of life by improving memory and overall well being?Thanks!Barbel
Give her info about STD's & how they can effect her in 10 yrs, even 20. No babies or even going thru a hyst & having to take HRT forever.
Like Zigzag mentioned, check into the scared straight program. Are they still around?
Best of luck.
Your daughter may be dealing with underlying depression or anxiety (that should be diagnosed by a therapist) and perhaps she is using the drugs and alcohol to self-medicate.
I encourage you to seek help for her drug use ASAP.
I hope that helps.
I have been down a similar path I am afraid to say. Between the tears and the anger I sought counselling for me first. My son ended up running away and I flew him home from the other side of the country. For my family and my son, there was something more to it all. I began to do a lot of reading I began to understand a little better that there was more to him than I realized. I didn't know him the way I thought. Reckless behaviour that starts suddenly can be a sign of teenage depression. My son turned out to be suicidal which I only found out because he finally opened up to me. All I can say is maybe you go talk to a professional and then try to get your daughter some help to find out what is at the root of it all. Maybe there is nothing and she is just "nuts" as you say :) or maybe something is eating at her heart you don't even know about, and she just doesn't care about herself at this point. Give her a hug and let her know you love her no matter who she is. That is how my son opened up to me, when I just kept hugging him and telling him I love him. (btw he rejected my hugs for a long time)
Good luck