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<blockquote data-quote="ready2run" data-source="post: 570994" data-attributes="member: 11339"><p>hmm... 17 is in the stage of detatchment, where kids normally do whatever they can to detach from mom and dad, so they can find who they are and for a difficult child that is going to be amplified. i'm sorry difficult child refuses to have friends over. my daughter thinks i am totally lame as well but her friends facebook me and ask to come over, and she isn't allowed internet access so they text me instead. you are right to be annoyed that she is trying to purposely **** you off like that. i wish i could be more of a help. i can say that i was much that way with my own other, i found her whole personality to be abrasive at that age, now as an adult i still disagree with a lot of how she is but she is still now the first person i call for advice or to vent. DaisyFace is right, don't engage her. walk away. engaging her in an argument is going to make her rebel worse. let her know(when she is not in the midst of spazzing out) that you are open to reasonable conversations with her. at this point she doesn't have to like you, that will come back as she matures into an adult, she just has to be descent to live with. they say 25 is the new 18 when it comes to maturity because of all the time spent on tv/games and extra school things that weren't there a generation or two. as for the putting others at risk... no car-no risk. maybe when she does get her car back it could be with limited access to daytime transportation? I don't know. is she getting any type of counselling or anger management programing? goodluck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ready2run, post: 570994, member: 11339"] hmm... 17 is in the stage of detatchment, where kids normally do whatever they can to detach from mom and dad, so they can find who they are and for a difficult child that is going to be amplified. i'm sorry difficult child refuses to have friends over. my daughter thinks i am totally lame as well but her friends facebook me and ask to come over, and she isn't allowed internet access so they text me instead. you are right to be annoyed that she is trying to purposely **** you off like that. i wish i could be more of a help. i can say that i was much that way with my own other, i found her whole personality to be abrasive at that age, now as an adult i still disagree with a lot of how she is but she is still now the first person i call for advice or to vent. DaisyFace is right, don't engage her. walk away. engaging her in an argument is going to make her rebel worse. let her know(when she is not in the midst of spazzing out) that you are open to reasonable conversations with her. at this point she doesn't have to like you, that will come back as she matures into an adult, she just has to be descent to live with. they say 25 is the new 18 when it comes to maturity because of all the time spent on tv/games and extra school things that weren't there a generation or two. as for the putting others at risk... no car-no risk. maybe when she does get her car back it could be with limited access to daytime transportation? I don't know. is she getting any type of counselling or anger management programing? goodluck. [/QUOTE]
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