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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 419868" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Jena, if you're not going to be there when she's packing up and if you don't know where she's going, how are you going to keep her from robbing you blind? You could come home to find half of your possessions gone and have no idea where she went with them! Who paid for the laptop? Are you going to let her take it? If she's quitting school she won't need it for homework anymore. And if she takes it, it won't be long at all before she sells it to someone for 20 bucks and it's gone! And I'd make darn sure she doesn't have a key to the house when she leaves! </p><p> </p><p>Unless someone elses family is gullible enough to agree to support her, it probably won't be very long before reality is smacking her in the face and she realizes that she needs to come home. If (when!) she comes back home, even if she's already turned 18 and isn't going to school, the house rules should still apply. Turning 18 isn't a license to do whatever you darn well please! "MY house, MY rules" still applies no matter how old they are! When my kids were in that stage, the rules were that they either worked or went to school. No laying around the house all day watching TV or playing video games. As a member of the household they were expected to do their share of the household duties. And even though they didn't really have a curfew anymore, if they were going to out later than usual, they were expected to call and let me know - that's just common courtesy so you don't worry. Just stick to yout guns - it's still YOUR house, YOUR rules. She can either abide by them or find somewhere else to live. Being an "adult" isn't all that it's cracked up to be!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 419868, member: 1883"] Jena, if you're not going to be there when she's packing up and if you don't know where she's going, how are you going to keep her from robbing you blind? You could come home to find half of your possessions gone and have no idea where she went with them! Who paid for the laptop? Are you going to let her take it? If she's quitting school she won't need it for homework anymore. And if she takes it, it won't be long at all before she sells it to someone for 20 bucks and it's gone! And I'd make darn sure she doesn't have a key to the house when she leaves! Unless someone elses family is gullible enough to agree to support her, it probably won't be very long before reality is smacking her in the face and she realizes that she needs to come home. If (when!) she comes back home, even if she's already turned 18 and isn't going to school, the house rules should still apply. Turning 18 isn't a license to do whatever you darn well please! "MY house, MY rules" still applies no matter how old they are! When my kids were in that stage, the rules were that they either worked or went to school. No laying around the house all day watching TV or playing video games. As a member of the household they were expected to do their share of the household duties. And even though they didn't really have a curfew anymore, if they were going to out later than usual, they were expected to call and let me know - that's just common courtesy so you don't worry. Just stick to yout guns - it's still YOUR house, YOUR rules. She can either abide by them or find somewhere else to live. Being an "adult" isn't all that it's cracked up to be! [/QUOTE]
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