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[quote=Alibaba]OP here.

Yes she is on medication for adhd, depression and anxiety. She is in counseling and has a psychiatrist for Med Mgmt.

She recently started DBT therapy but frankly doesn't see a reason to change her behavior.

Truthfully she doesn't get the consequences concept. We have a deal right now where she has to get all As and Bs and no more than 2 Cs on her 1st semester report card to get her learners permit. In Q1 she got 2 Ds. She has already tried to renegotiate it. I have actually told her that I am less worried about the grades but don't want to see missing or late assignments.

She consistently compares herself to her older sibling who was a 3.8 gpa kid at a tough private school while being an athlete. And she expects the same treatment as him.  Yes she thinks she's entitled. That's part of the problem.

I made her get a job and work every week to try to give her a sense of responsibility and learn from an employer that you have to work to earn things. It helps a little but begrudges me because I didn't make her older brother have a job during the school year. (He always had a summer job).

Part of me agrees with the PP who said she has to figure it out herself. I have also thought that if she is too immature then she'll get there eventually. It is hard when her friends are all talking about college visits. [/quote]

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