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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she’s so independent, is she planning on paying for college and health insurance too?  She needs some tough love, I think.   Is this other family really willing to feed, house and clothe her for free?  How long can that last?  [/quote]

She has a scholarship but I don’t think she realizes what other expenses will come with university.  We don’t want to hang it over her head or threaten to not pay if she moves out because that seems extreme.  I’m hoping she learns a lesson these next few months and grows to appreciate what DH and I do for her.

Yes, we have some rules but she hasn’t had to work 25-30 hours a week through HS like her friend has.[/quote]

You're behaving really recklessly OP.  So recklessly that I can't quite believe it.  All over chores? You're going to kick her out over chore and her curfew? Let me tell you what will not happen:  she will not "learn a lesson." She will go off to college completely alienated and will not come home again. She'll take loans and jobs to pay for it.  That will be the end of your relationship with her, forever, or for a very long time.

I think you should call a truce and go see a family therapist.  [/quote]

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