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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 414362" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I was going to ask if she's doing drugs on top of drinking.</p><p>For her own sake, I'd absolutely forbid the car. Heck, I'd stop paying car insurance if she's heavily drinking. Are you kidding? Kids are always getting into drunken accidents, at least out here. That would go first. Then with my daughter she had to pay her own bills for anything except bare essentials, so she got a job. I don't know how she worked being high, but she did and at least, for a few hours, it gave her stability. In the long run, it gave her a strong work ethic that she still has today now that s he has quit the drug scene.</p><p></p><p>If your daughter goes to college and needs a computer, I'm sure they have plenty of them there or she can go to the library. Or you can give her the laptop for homework only..your call. </p><p></p><p>I would not obsess over college. My daughter, after quitting her druggie nonsense, went to college. She is twenty-six now and close to graduating with honors. If your daughter is partying too much...not sure she is ready for college anyway. Some aren't ready right after high school. We were very tough on our daughter and I'm convinced that this is the thing that made her see that drugs was not the way to go. If we had given her money and all the toys and let her live at home, she has told us that she probably would still be using drugs. Of course, all people are different, but she agrees with our uber-tough love approach. And, trust me, I cried myself to sleep many nights...good luck and hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 414362, member: 1550"] I was going to ask if she's doing drugs on top of drinking. For her own sake, I'd absolutely forbid the car. Heck, I'd stop paying car insurance if she's heavily drinking. Are you kidding? Kids are always getting into drunken accidents, at least out here. That would go first. Then with my daughter she had to pay her own bills for anything except bare essentials, so she got a job. I don't know how she worked being high, but she did and at least, for a few hours, it gave her stability. In the long run, it gave her a strong work ethic that she still has today now that s he has quit the drug scene. If your daughter goes to college and needs a computer, I'm sure they have plenty of them there or she can go to the library. Or you can give her the laptop for homework only..your call. I would not obsess over college. My daughter, after quitting her druggie nonsense, went to college. She is twenty-six now and close to graduating with honors. If your daughter is partying too much...not sure she is ready for college anyway. Some aren't ready right after high school. We were very tough on our daughter and I'm convinced that this is the thing that made her see that drugs was not the way to go. If we had given her money and all the toys and let her live at home, she has told us that she probably would still be using drugs. Of course, all people are different, but she agrees with our uber-tough love approach. And, trust me, I cried myself to sleep many nights...good luck and hugs. [/QUOTE]
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