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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 68158" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>Hi Mikey,</p><p>I'm thinking along the lines of either let wife handle everything and not come to her rescue or not bother with the rules. My difficult child 1 blatantly disobeyed the rules, just did whatever she wanted--we had her put on a PINS (person in need of supervision) through Family Court and just let the natural consequences take effect. She didn't come home by curfew then we reported her missing. We told her things would eventually catch up with her and they did--she was sent to rehab by the court. This was when she was 17 1/2. The thing is, we let go and went on with our own lives.</p><p></p><p>Our younger dtr does not model her own behavior after her sister's. She was appalled by her sister's behavior. She has rules and she basically follows them--she gets that her sister totally rebelled, that she went way overboard. She does not feel that because we had to throw away the rule book for her sister that we have to throw it away for her. She may not particularly like some of the rules but she gets it.</p><p></p><p>Take care, this is so hard...</p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 68158, member: 3450"] Hi Mikey, I'm thinking along the lines of either let wife handle everything and not come to her rescue or not bother with the rules. My difficult child 1 blatantly disobeyed the rules, just did whatever she wanted--we had her put on a PINS (person in need of supervision) through Family Court and just let the natural consequences take effect. She didn't come home by curfew then we reported her missing. We told her things would eventually catch up with her and they did--she was sent to rehab by the court. This was when she was 17 1/2. The thing is, we let go and went on with our own lives. Our younger dtr does not model her own behavior after her sister's. She was appalled by her sister's behavior. She has rules and she basically follows them--she gets that her sister totally rebelled, that she went way overboard. She does not feel that because we had to throw away the rule book for her sister that we have to throw it away for her. She may not particularly like some of the rules but she gets it. Take care, this is so hard... Jane [/QUOTE]
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