Teenage Daughter

well i also have a 15 years old daugther and she respect me and sometime her dad cuz she live with me and also live with my boyfriend which is her stepdad ,,at first she was not geeting along with my botfriend but i had a babygirl with him ....so lil by littie she was seein that he was as bad as she was thinkin ..so now she alway home i only let go outside only friday and saturday and somtime on tuesday cuz i dont allow my 15 years old daugther be hangin outside doin nothin for that she stay home ... i trust my daugther cuz if u dont sit down and talk to ur kids u will lose them ...so for alll the mom talk to ur kids if u dont want to lose them ..look at these show now and day all u see is young girl have baby ...is like baby have baby

Hi T....what exactly is your question here?

I hate to say this because I am sure it wont be easy, but if she cant behave on her own, then you cant leave her alone!! I would also try to get her involved in some volunteer type work, find something she enjoys (if you can) and help her find a greater purpose. I think service is the best cure for most anything myself, and cant wait to have my little ones become more involved. Good luck! ~A.~

Sounds like she needs a nanny. It will do no good to tell
her she is in charge of the younger ones since she has
shown you can not trust her. And you can tell her that...
she may or may not realize she has lost something. You
can not trust her home alone or in charge. And a nanny
who will be there getting things set for the others when
they get home, means the nanny will make sure she is
doing her homework, doing her chores, or helping the nanny
to the get things ready for the siblings.
If she gets mad and upset at having a nanny watching her,
tell her she did not respect you and her dad and showed
she is a child in need of a nanny/babysitter.

At least she has good friends! In my home, we had to earn the chance to go out and be rewarded in the first place. Once she is able to be trusted she can go out. I don't see why she should not be able to go at least gp to friend's houses if you trust the friend and their parents. But I wouldn't want her running around the mall or movies with them or anything.

Well, unless she is doing really harmful things that could get her into serious trouble, then I would definately be stricter. In either case, it sounds like she really needs to have a good and respectful heart to heart with you and your husband. If you show her respect and appreciation for the things she does do right, she may be more willing to show you the same.

Sounds like she needs a sitter, someone in thier 50's who can keep up with her "trickery" and can help her see the error of her ways. About a month or two with a constant sitter at 15 and she will shape up.