"Thank you both for your responses. We do try and include her in decision making..or atleast have a voice on things. I dont think she really realizes that.
But I have backed off some and given her her space. Realize that she's in that teen stage…"
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Please tell me the teen years get better....need some advice
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Recently my daughter returned home from "running away" to her dads. That ended up being a big mess and he is m.i.a again.I know teen years can be tough, kids are turning into young adults and trying…Continue
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Trying to mend my relationship with my daughter
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Just over a few months ago my daughter and I had a big falling out because she was being disrespectful. Her step dad told her if she didnt like the rules then she could leave/call her dad. He's the…Continue
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My Daughter wants to live with dad because she's mad
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Im needing some input or advice. My daughter is 15 and has lived me with all her life. Her dad has been in her life and gets her on the normal days but he's never really been involved in her life.…Continue
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Joanne replied to m r's discussion Please tell me the teen years get better....need some advice"I'm sorry you and your daughter are going through a rough time. I am mom to three teens, 14, 17 and 19. My oldest is my son and he doesn't live with us anymore but my younger two are girls. I've found that my parenting always needs to…"
Deborah Miller replied to m r's discussion Please tell me the teen years get better....need some advice"It does get better, at least in general lol. Since she's 16 now, how about the next time you have a discussion about her with the Step-dad, you let her join in? It doesn't mean she gets the final say (or any say for that…"
m r replied to m r's discussion Please tell me the teen years get better....need some advice"Thank you for your reply. I must say I grew up very different from my own daughter. I had both of my parents, father passed when I was 16 and I had my daughter at 16. So at her age my life was totally different.
I know i bumped heads with my mom…"
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Recently my daughter returned home from "running away" to her dads. That ended up being a big mess and he is m.i.a again.I know teen years can be tough, kids are turning into young adults and trying to feel the sense of adulthood and freedom while still living under their parents roof and on their dime.I just had , what i'd say an arguement/discussion w/ my 16 year old. She tells me she doesnt want to live with me, but of course has no where to go. Tells me that she hasnt wanted to live w/ me…See More
m r posted a discussionPlease tell me the teen years get better....need some advice
Recently my daughter returned home from "running away" to her dads. That ended up being a big mess and he is m.i.a again.I know teen years can be tough, kids are turning into young adults and trying to feel the sense of adulthood and freedom while still living under their parents roof and on their dime.I just had , what i'd say an arguement/discussion w/ my 16 year old. She tells me she doesnt want to live with me, but of course has no where to go. Tells me that she hasnt wanted to live w/ me…See More
m r replied to m r's discussion Trying to mend my relationship with my daughter"Ladies,
thank you all for your input. It means so much that you take the time to write. I do have one question on how to handle a possible future issue.
It has to do w/ her father. Part of the reason we wanted her back from her dads is because there…"
m r replied to m r's discussion Trying to mend my relationship with my daughter"missy, thank you for your response. i am sorry that i am just replying. I dont know how i overlooked my notification for this.
It is a day by day process and i know teen years are hard. My husband has been in her life since she was just a toddler…"
Missy Lowe replied to m r's discussion Trying to mend my relationship with my daughter"Hi,that is a terribly difficult situation to be in...I have had some experience with similar situations, and with 20/20 hindsight I look at things so much differently than I did during the heat of it...with my son. There was friction between him and…"
m r replied to m r's discussion Trying to mend my relationship with my daughter"Thank you Cynthia. That does sound a lot like my situation. She is realizing that it's not all fun and games at her dads. She got into trouble recently and I know she wanted to leave from there but I didnt let her.
I think my only or main…"
Cynthia Wilder replied to m r's discussion Trying to mend my relationship with my daughter"I know this is very hard on you and it was hard on me as well when it happened in my household. I lived with a man for 13 years. The older 2 girls rebelled and didn't want to follow rules of the home, let alone listen to anything that "…"
m r replied to m r's discussion Trying to mend my relationship with my daughter"Thank you Slhenrici, it's been hard and I do agree that "this too shall pass". I know we are put with challenges in our life that help us look at things in a different manner and show us where we may need to change things.
Her dad was…"
m r replied to m r's discussion Trying to mend my relationship with my daughter"I agree. I actually did this regularly even when she lived w/ me. I tell my child I love her all the time,even if it's just when we are hanging up the phone. I will at times send her a random message of something that made me laugh or think…"
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Awe, I am so glad to hear that you are doing well :)
Yes, things are great for us, too, yet, time is flying and our baby is growing up too quickly :(
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