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<blockquote data-quote="neednewtechnique" data-source="post: 75845" data-attributes="member: 3527"><p>I think that with girls that age, the company they keep can make, or break, them. With our 13 year old, when she first came to us and was still raging almost on a daily basis, she had normal friends. Once we got the raging under control, she was a great kid to have around for a few months. But then school started again and she met a whole new group of friends that are not the greatest of influences, and although she isn't raging again, she is staying out hours later than she is supposed to, going places she isn't supposed to be, failing all but 2 of her classes at school, and sometimes can't even be bothered to show up to class on time. </p><p></p><p>**Just a note, the girl is grounded, so these problems we will not have for a few weeks, but the last time she got grounded for staying out almost 2 hours late, she got ungrounded and we turned around and grounded her again the next day.</p><p></p><p>Maybe grounding doesn't work in this instance??? Not really sure, have not had enough time to see if consistency will bring about change or not. </p><p></p><p>However, it seems that her "normal" friends were HELPING her keep herself together for a while, by encouraging her to stay calm and not run her mouth off when she shouldn't, or by distracting her into something else when she started to get upset. If your daughter's friend is capable of this kind of influence over her, then she may be a GREAT asset to your daughter's treatment team!!!!</p><p></p><p>But like you said, if only it were that easy......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neednewtechnique, post: 75845, member: 3527"] I think that with girls that age, the company they keep can make, or break, them. With our 13 year old, when she first came to us and was still raging almost on a daily basis, she had normal friends. Once we got the raging under control, she was a great kid to have around for a few months. But then school started again and she met a whole new group of friends that are not the greatest of influences, and although she isn't raging again, she is staying out hours later than she is supposed to, going places she isn't supposed to be, failing all but 2 of her classes at school, and sometimes can't even be bothered to show up to class on time. **Just a note, the girl is grounded, so these problems we will not have for a few weeks, but the last time she got grounded for staying out almost 2 hours late, she got ungrounded and we turned around and grounded her again the next day. Maybe grounding doesn't work in this instance??? Not really sure, have not had enough time to see if consistency will bring about change or not. However, it seems that her "normal" friends were HELPING her keep herself together for a while, by encouraging her to stay calm and not run her mouth off when she shouldn't, or by distracting her into something else when she started to get upset. If your daughter's friend is capable of this kind of influence over her, then she may be a GREAT asset to your daughter's treatment team!!!! But like you said, if only it were that easy...... [/QUOTE]
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