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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 137894" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>My first thought as well was is there a reason she doesn't want to go to school for those periods. You might want to get a copy of the truancy laws in your area just to show her that yes, it will affect you. </p><p></p><p>With my difficult child and school, there were reasons he hated school, but like he was told it's the law, you have to go to school. In the end the only thing that worked was if he didn't go, from 9 - 5 he did nothing but sit on his bed, unless it was school work pages. So in the end he found being at home worse than if he went to school. So I got him there, the rest was up to the teachers. Don't know if this would work for a 17 year old, harder to enforse as they get older and bigger than you. I would say that I agree with no prom, and no anything really than the essentials, if she's not doing her "job" which at her age is going to school. And like Fran, the only time he gets to call in sick is if something is coming out of one end or the other.</p><p></p><p>If she seriously thinks she's moving out in 3 months, you might want to call around to various places that will hire 18 years olds without high school diplomas, the kinds of places where they say "you want fries with that" and see what wages are. Then list how much she'd make, what the average she needs to pay in rent, utilities, food, transportation, clothing, furnishings etc - and maybe she'll see how her wage will not cover what she needs, let alone what she wants. It might be a bit of an eye-opener on the real world and how good she really has it at home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 137894, member: 1161"] My first thought as well was is there a reason she doesn't want to go to school for those periods. You might want to get a copy of the truancy laws in your area just to show her that yes, it will affect you. With my difficult child and school, there were reasons he hated school, but like he was told it's the law, you have to go to school. In the end the only thing that worked was if he didn't go, from 9 - 5 he did nothing but sit on his bed, unless it was school work pages. So in the end he found being at home worse than if he went to school. So I got him there, the rest was up to the teachers. Don't know if this would work for a 17 year old, harder to enforse as they get older and bigger than you. I would say that I agree with no prom, and no anything really than the essentials, if she's not doing her "job" which at her age is going to school. And like Fran, the only time he gets to call in sick is if something is coming out of one end or the other. If she seriously thinks she's moving out in 3 months, you might want to call around to various places that will hire 18 years olds without high school diplomas, the kinds of places where they say "you want fries with that" and see what wages are. Then list how much she'd make, what the average she needs to pay in rent, utilities, food, transportation, clothing, furnishings etc - and maybe she'll see how her wage will not cover what she needs, let alone what she wants. It might be a bit of an eye-opener on the real world and how good she really has it at home. [/QUOTE]
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