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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 138442" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>No way would I drop her from your insurance -- puts you at too much risk. I would, however, not be letting her drive. No state has a law that driving is a right -- it is a privilege, which is why the courts can revoke licenses without attorneys and all civil rights being given to the defendant.</p><p> </p><p>I've never lied to the schools. If I didn't feel she was ill or had an appointment she needed to keep or some other reason I felt was valid, I would call the school and say it was unexcused. Her school district had some pretty stiff penalties for truancy -- the fines against parents could be exorbitant, running into the thousands. However, I found that if you could show you had made a valid effort to get your child to school, the penalties would go to your child. My daughter had to do 100 hours of community service, write a 10-page essay on the importance of attending school (and receive no lower than a C from her English teacher) and pay $100 out of her own pocket for cutting classes. I don't know why, but she only had one unexcused absence after that.</p><p> </p><p>Do remember, you have to provide shelter, clothing and food to your child. The law does not say that has to be good shelter, name-brand clothing and more than bland food. If your daughter is not willing to follow house rules, is not willing to do the basics (to me, going to school is a basic!), then it is time to pull out some of your arsenal to wake her up. Your arsenal consists of denying of privileges -- car, rides, computer, phone, music, all the "good" stuff.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck. Getting our almost adults to follow the rules is hard. Allowing them to break them does them a disservice. Like it or not, life is made of rules and not all of them are fair.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 138442, member: 3626"] No way would I drop her from your insurance -- puts you at too much risk. I would, however, not be letting her drive. No state has a law that driving is a right -- it is a privilege, which is why the courts can revoke licenses without attorneys and all civil rights being given to the defendant. I've never lied to the schools. If I didn't feel she was ill or had an appointment she needed to keep or some other reason I felt was valid, I would call the school and say it was unexcused. Her school district had some pretty stiff penalties for truancy -- the fines against parents could be exorbitant, running into the thousands. However, I found that if you could show you had made a valid effort to get your child to school, the penalties would go to your child. My daughter had to do 100 hours of community service, write a 10-page essay on the importance of attending school (and receive no lower than a C from her English teacher) and pay $100 out of her own pocket for cutting classes. I don't know why, but she only had one unexcused absence after that. Do remember, you have to provide shelter, clothing and food to your child. The law does not say that has to be good shelter, name-brand clothing and more than bland food. If your daughter is not willing to follow house rules, is not willing to do the basics (to me, going to school is a basic!), then it is time to pull out some of your arsenal to wake her up. Your arsenal consists of denying of privileges -- car, rides, computer, phone, music, all the "good" stuff. Good luck. Getting our almost adults to follow the rules is hard. Allowing them to break them does them a disservice. Like it or not, life is made of rules and not all of them are fair. [/QUOTE]
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