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[quote=Anonymous]This sounds like pretty normal mid-senior year behavior from a 17/18 year old.  My daughter asked to stay home from school sometimes during senior year and sometimes I let her (or if she had a headache, I'd tell her to take some advil, give her a note, and tell her to go in after first period).  Nothing terrible happened. She isn't skipping classes in college (because she doesn't schedule them for 7:30 in the morning!)

The increasing rudeness is just part of separating and getting ready to leave the house later this year.  I mostly ignored it and made the most of my time with my DD during the many times when she wasn't feeling stressed and moody.  She would normally apologize if she said something truly rude and that was enough for me.

[quote] I have several friends whose kids started this and kept it up through college and well beyond. You need to let him know you expect civil, adult behavior or he will be punished - like a child. Read George Will's recent column on entitled behavior from college students. It hits the mark.[/quote]

My kid is a much happier, much more civil person in college - she just really hated high school and the atmosphere there.  Taking WiFi away from an 18 year old seems really petty and would probably just make things worse. [/quote]

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