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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, my kids don't get to treat their mother like this. No way. There would be [b]dire consequences[/b].

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Like what? Serious question.[/quote]

I have not had to implement this, because they're perfectly decent teens. But if OP's daughter is on a family cell phone plan, sharing a car, and benefits from parental spending money at college or any little extras, they would disappear after a serious talk on respect. I would not touch the college money, since this is what will get this surly teen out of the house and into an independent lifestyle where OP won't have to support her. And unless there was a total breakdown in communications, I wouldn't throw her out of the house just yet.[/quote]

I just feel like this is easy to say when you have "perfectly decent" teens.

I think it's hard to pull this behavior back when the groundwork should have been laid over the entirety of the teen years. I don't know what I'd do specifically. But, I do know that anything that was "mine" would not be shared (e.g. car) and she'd be doing her own cooking, laundry, etc. If she wants to disrespect me, and treat me like a roommate, I'll treat her like one. There would be a conversation involved, obvs. I'm not sure how "dire" these consequences are but seem like reasonable starting points. [/quote]

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