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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dad here w/2 daughters, 16 & 12. 12 yr old is a pretty good kid, does a little mischief now & then. Older girl is a punk. Disrespectful, slothful, lazy in every way. Smart kid, has all the intelligence in the world but refuses to use a grain of it. We do what we can with her/for her but living with her is 80% grief, like "where did I go so wrong?". She has gone through dozens of friends, most of them don't stick, they get tired of her aggressive behavior. If she stays like this, she gets kicked out of the house the day following HS graduation; if she manages to graduate. If not, soon after her 18th birthday. She can live on the street in a cardboard box. Sometimes I think if she were to run away, I would not look too hard for her. I would report her missing. I sure hate thinking that way about my kid. I'd love nothing better than to have back the sweet child she was for a short time. I hope that girl comes back. No, I have not been a perfect Dad either. I'd like to make some things up to her, given the chance. [/quote]

I assume you already have, but just in case, have you sat her down and said all this to her? I think you should, and ask her if that's the direction she's aiming to go in. If you can both re-commit to each other, that would be great. 15-16 is SUCH an outrageously difficult time to be a girl.

Good luck,
36 yr old woman who was 16 once[/quote]

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