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[quote=Anonymous]give consequences for not doing chores, that’s fine.
give grace to a kid who got all her homework done and needed a chill day.
throwing a fit about “disrespect” when you just went ape over her sleeping of all things… is ridiculous. Kids are out there sneaking around to do crazy shit - drinking, drugs, truly physically dangerous behavior - and you’re blowing your stack about sleep? And even more kids are messing up constantly at school. Kids are cutting, kids are sending nudes, kids are having sex with age inappropriate people. I could go on and on. So frankly, whoa. please try to reset. You do not have big problems, you have typical run of the mill teen problems.

ask her to make a list of what she thinks are reasonable chores for her to do each week. Start from there. Then after two weeks check in and see how it’s going. Ask her to add 1 more.
And repeat.
Show that you care about her level of stress and overwhelm, and she will be way more likely to care about your need for her to help with chores. That’s how you start a cycle of mutual respect.

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