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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD just turned 18 a month ago and completely did a 360 on us. 1st Quarter ended with mostly As, now we have all Fs. She logs into the classes, but does nothing....does not submit homework....does not participate in class. We check her grades every couple of weeks and we can see teacher's emails pointing out she is not participating and turning in homework. [b]She maybe spends two nights at home every week and sleeps over at her girlfriends' most of the time. There are no drugs or drinking involved. She is interested in dating an older boy (21yo), but we said she is only allowed to date her peers in HS.[/b] We did tell her she can date whomever she wants once she is in college. We're thinking about taking her car keys away, phone, access to cash. The only problem is she 18 now and there is not much we can do.  How would you approach this? [/quote]

Wash your hands off of her. She is already gone.  You do not have any control over her and her sexual activities...because the bolded is when the said sexual activities is happening.

But what can you do now?.  This is a parenting fail that started from the time she was born.  Sorry, but she has no self-respect or goals in life. [/quote]

LOL wow, just wow PP.[/quote]

OP here. This is not the advice I would be taken. Clearly, we don't want to wash our hands clean of her. We need to encourage her in some way.[/quote]

OP you are either a troll or a truly clueless parent. Why are you letting her stay anywhere? She's your kid. You are providing for her. You call the shots. If you have a terrible relationship, then you need to work on it ASAP. Get a family therapist involved today.[/quote]

[b]What Am I going to do? Lock her in her room? I can't really do that. I can only use soft approaches and take away car, phone, cash[/b].[/quote]

Welp... lets just hope she is pretty.[/quote]

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