Teenagers!!

[Diver]

Could be worse!

She might have decided to become a Burberry bedecked chav'ette

EO, Ride it out mate, 1. she's a hormonal teenager and 99. she's female, you aren't going to win

deepest sympathies mate

[DaveB]

Sounds like pretty average teenage behavior. I have a 17 year old son who is pretty much the same. She is growing up and pushing the boundaries and trying to establish her place in the order of things, it's normal. You still need to set boundaries and expectations ( just like clients really ) but don't expect her to ask how high every time you say jump, cos it won't happen.

As others have said, you've just got to ride it out. It does get better eventually ( apparently! ). Letting her get a job over the summer and make her pay board and not give her hand outs when she's earning will help her understand how things work and hopefully persuade her she is better off going back to school in September. Thats three months away anyway and she'll have changed her mind a dozen times by then, if not more. Certainly with my son when it comes to the crunch he backs down and agrees with Mum and Dad as to what is the best thing to do - Go back to school and study.

[EternalOptimist]

Could be worse!
EO, Ride it out mate, 1. she's a hormonal teenager and 99. she's female, you aren't going to win

mmm. well my tolerance level is inversely proportional to the number of pints.


wc2,
One day your lovely kid goes out of the house and a monster comes back home, a few years later the monster goes out and your lovely kid comes back home. Until you have been through that cycle, wc2, it hard to have faith that it will come right. Stick with it mate.


ps Mark Twain told a lovely derogortary tale about himself. 'When he was seventeen, he couldn't believe how little his father knew of the way the world works. When he was twenty , he was amazed how much his father had learned in the last three years'

[BrilloPad]

Mark Twain told a lovely derogortary tale about himself. 'When he was seventeen, he couldn't believe how little his father knew of the way the world works. When he was twenty , he was amazed how much his father had learned in the last three years'

[Moscow Mule]

Face like thunder - Doors slamming - feet thumping..

I blame New Liar

Teenagers are moody. Build a bridge...

[Diver]

Teenagers are moody. Build a bridge...

And bury her in the footings like?

[NotAllThere]

I've got two teenagers - one nearly 17, the other 13. They're well aware that once they're out of full-time education, that 50% of their take home income (dole or job, don't care which), belongs to me.

Mind you, they used to think that at 18 they'd have to leave home. But now I've decided that 38 is a much better age... Who else is going to make me and missus cups of tea?

[cailin maith]

Let her start a summer job, a week in MacDonald’s should do the trick , make sure that as now she is earning she will have to contribute to the household etc etc. Nothing did more teaching me the value of money than a crappy summer job. It wasn’t soo bad but I got allot out of it.

I agree - I had a crappy summer job when I was 17...... hated it but had to give my parents half for board etc.... and I STILL had a curfew. Taught me a good lesson though.

[Churchill]

When my two step daughters were 16 I paid them an allowance to work at the local hospital doing "voluntary" work. This helped them in a number of ways, they saw people who were less fortunate than themselves, they "earned" their allowance and most importantly, they had a decent reference to rely on during their university years.

Churchill - In "Not such a nasty bastard" mode!

[Moscow Mule]

And bury her in the footings like?

Nah, just get over it...