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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Disagree with both of you. OP's daughter sounds a lot like me at that age. Short version: being a hardass and showing who is boss and "dominant" doesn't work on every kid. OP does not want to start the war of control.[/quote] Not the PP you're responding to but I agree with them (I have teenagers). The approach is not one 'showing who's boss' but of logic consequences. The key is to do it without emotion and not engaging. OP sets the conditions for the return of the phone. DD controls when she gets it. Requiring civil conversation is not being dominant, it is setting limits. [/quote] Exactly. This isn't about the daughter wanting to take Spanish class and the mother wants her to take German. This is about the daughter willfully defying the parents with a phone THEY"RE PAYING FOR. When she can't handle it, it's their job to take this PRIVILEGE away and set the conditions for return. --parent of a 15 and 12 year old [/quote]
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