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[quote=Anonymous]It’s been years and years of keeping them accountable for being part of a household. No, my teens don’t always think about their chores proactively, but they do them when I ask. If they forget, they apologize and do it later when I remind them.

I agree with a pp who said you’ve let her get away with this type of behavior for a long time and you’re just now getting annoyed by it. I can absolutely see this happening with my brother’s kids. They expect very little of those kids, their parenting motto is “let the kids have fun, always” and it’s fine when they’re young I guess, but like OP is seeing, as they get older it’s not so cute anymore when they have never had to face real responsibility and now actively disrespect the parents and they’re too big to do much about it.

Here’s my advice. Sit her down and tell her this behavior is not okay and you won’t stand it anymore. She can’t drive yet so rides to friends houses, time on social media, whatever she really wants but doesn’t actually need—is contingent on her being respectful and doing a minimum of chores around the house.

Honestly, some teens think they want a laid back parent, but they are looking for boundaries and structure just like a toddler. She’ll respect you more overall if you actually parent her. [/quote]

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