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My 14yr old is literally driving me crazy.shes mean hurtful and disrespectful.she embarrasses me in front of people.im so tired of hearing......whatever! she lies.grades are bad.she never takes responsiblity for her own actions.its always someone elses falt.i find myself alot of the time not liking her.is that normal? i love her.but i dont like the person she has become.she constantly wants to dress like a freak with colored hair.im miserable in my own house.what to do? i dont want her hanging with most of her friends but they all go to school together.she does it anyway.she stresses me out.i have other kids too.i no shes a bad influence on them too.ladies i need a friend and advice
Posted by amanda on 02/02/2009 10:25 PM

 
I just replied but I do not now if it posted??????????
posted by Stacey on 02/03/2009 10:09 AM

Hi Amanda,

I can relate to what you are going through. I have a close friend that has a 14 year old daughter and she was totally out of control. She has two teen sons and no problem. Her mom agreed for me to talk with her. The first conversation included mom, getting to the bottom of her daughter's issues. The next conversation was without mom . However, it was understood that I will inform mom of what we discussed. She had lots of feelings inside that she thought her mom just did not get it. She also, thought her mom was getting into her business, and as a parent myself, I just told her that she has no business that is not her mom's until she is out of the house and making her own living. She did not feel she should do house work, etc.... Most of all, she need an adult that listens and validate her feelings. I asked her to make me a promise that for 4 weeks, she will be nice to her mom and family and others and that every day she will wake up in a good mood. I assured her that if she did that, she will see that her life would be a happier life. She took my advice and to make it short, today, 4 months later, she is doing great, very respectful to mom and family and nice to everyone and has dropped all negative friends. Her grades went from failing to A's & B's. It took her 4 months to totally change that nasty behavior. It took an outside adult to speak with her, still saying the same thing mom was saying. You must do this with an adult you can totally trust. Mom is very please. I still keep the communication going with the daughter and mom. Hope this will help you
posted by Helen on 02/03/2009 12:33 PM

Oh my...your daughter sounds just like mine. No joking..She's an angel one minute then the devil the next. She wears clother that my husband and I don't approve of and I can not tell you how many outfits my husband has cut up (yes, cut up because she will go and retrieves them if we just throw them away). She's the oldest and will cause havoc on the others. She yells, pushes and steals from them (and us) at times. It's hard for me because my youngest is only 8 month old. Her grades are going down the drain and she is impacting my other children as well. My 6 yr old is starting to mimic her statements and tones. I can not stand the under-the-breath comments and sarcasium Yell. The worst part is, we don't have an adults that we could try the suggestion above with. Man, let me know if you find some solutions or help...Cry

posted by Monica on 03/09/2009 11:05 PM

 
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