My Ddaughter, is 16, 2 months from 17, and she works part time, school full time, gets great grades for a kid with a learning disability, A's & B's, has her licence. Ok, here's the big one.
How do you get your kid to stay home for a night. I have done everything. Favorite meals, family movie night. She does not want to spend any time with us anymore. SInce she got her licence, she has went out every night, comes home at 9:30-10, later on weekends, gets a snack, brief conversation with me, then off to bed/phone. I have a hard time saying no, when she is not misbehaving, does her homework, , and cooks some nights. I just worry soooOOO much. How can I get her to stay at home One, just ONE evening with her parents???
Peace, Love, & Light,
Teresa
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Teresa, I don't think what she is going through is abnormal. In fact, I think the kids that do want to spend time with their family, are the abnormal ones nowdays.
I would suggest chatting with her and "telling" her she needs to give her family one night a week, like Sunday. A day to rest and get ready for the next week.
Good luck. My son's 14 and I guess I'll be getting to that point soon!
Teresa,
You are not alone in going through this I want you to know. It is so hard when your kids do this to their parents but that is when we must learn to let go. This is totally normal, but I know how it feels, like you are losing your child. Remember she still lives under your roof and you can tell her no in a kind way. Wish you the best of luck and also the rest of us who have teenagers.
All of you sound like you have teens. maybe you can offer some advice. I have a 12 year old who just recently started wanting to wear makeup. She doesn't much of anything except loads of eyeliner. She says it is goth. I ***ume this is a phase and that while it is ugly she will grow out of it.What do you think? My husband thinks I am not concerned enough.
That is goth. The black clothes, black makeup. It would be nice if that didn't affect them, but it does. I wouldn't worry about that so much as the way some people treat people they see as different. I worked with a girl, great person, that dressed differently, had her face pierced, her ears......had a customer say to me, I didn't know you worked with one of them. Some people can be downright cruel, like I said, that is the only thing about my child dressing like that, that would worry me. It probably is just a phase, remember some of the clothes we wore?
Help WIth Wandering Teen!!
, and cooks some nights. I just worry soooOOO much. How can I get her to stay at home One, just ONE evening with her parents???
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