Counselor recs for sexually risky teen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hugs Op

I missed the no internet days. Internet/social media is the devil for growing kids

Yeah before the internet the overly sexual kids how no outlet except hooking up with perverts twice their age. Now they just have pirn and virtual encounters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have the same issues with my DD. Also about to begin high school. She has been talking to a counselor but the behavior has not improved. The counselor has not suggested am evaluation for ADHD or anything else.
It’s frustrating and frightening. Taking the phone away is not the answer. High school aged kids need to be able to socialize normally, they need to fit in with their peers and they need to take responsibility for their behavior. I wish I could offer advice to you OP. I can only commiserate.

I am sorry but this sounds insane. High school kids engaging in extremely dangerous and self-destructive behavior do not need phones.

But they may (often do) need people they don't know to talk to socially (in addition to talking to the people they do know), and they need outlets/targets/endeavors that are healthy for them to focus their immense emotional and physical energy.

Imagine keeping an energetic pet inside and locked up because it has so much energy; the draconian containment would be cruel

Please consider compassion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have the same issues with my DD. Also about to begin high school. She has been talking to a counselor but the behavior has not improved. The counselor has not suggested am evaluation for ADHD or anything else.
It’s frustrating and frightening. Taking the phone away is not the answer. High school aged kids need to be able to socialize normally, they need to fit in with their peers and they need to take responsibility for their behavior. I wish I could offer advice to you OP. I can only commiserate.

I am sorry but this sounds insane. High school kids engaging in extremely dangerous and self-destructive behavior do not need phones.

+1

It sounds like your child doesn’t know how to social appropriately and therefore should be restricted so she can’t meet people on the internet.

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You already received great advice. To complement, buy her a vibrator. I’m serious.

That doesn't help. It's about female power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hugs Op

I missed the no internet days. Internet/social media is the devil for growing kids

If are ~30 or younger you grew up with internet/social media.