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<blockquote data-quote="jill324" data-source="post: 71683" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p>Boy, can I relate with you. My heart goes out to you completely. I've been going through the EXACT IDENTICAL thing. But I did it with two daughter. So I believe I'm the one that failed. The other daughter is 24 - she's much better but still has outbursts. My youngest will be 18 in 6 weeks and I know what you mean when you say you can't wait until she's 18 to kick her out.</p><p>I don't know if I have any good advice. We even sent her to a Christian boarding school for teens with problems like hers. Drugs, behavior, rebellion, you name it. She was there a year. While she was there, we got letters that sounded like she had completely changed. She really fooled us. At the school they even said she was just saying those things to make us feel good.</p><p>We are in the same boat again. Her behavior sounds exactly like yours. And truthfully? I believe once they are 18 if they aren't contributing anything for living with you, you are not obligated to house them. And also I've adopted this belief. That we are doing them more harm than good by sheltering them. It's like pushing a bird out of the nest. They will never be able to fly until we do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jill324, post: 71683, member: 4034"] Boy, can I relate with you. My heart goes out to you completely. I've been going through the EXACT IDENTICAL thing. But I did it with two daughter. So I believe I'm the one that failed. The other daughter is 24 - she's much better but still has outbursts. My youngest will be 18 in 6 weeks and I know what you mean when you say you can't wait until she's 18 to kick her out. I don't know if I have any good advice. We even sent her to a Christian boarding school for teens with problems like hers. Drugs, behavior, rebellion, you name it. She was there a year. While she was there, we got letters that sounded like she had completely changed. She really fooled us. At the school they even said she was just saying those things to make us feel good. We are in the same boat again. Her behavior sounds exactly like yours. And truthfully? I believe once they are 18 if they aren't contributing anything for living with you, you are not obligated to house them. And also I've adopted this belief. That we are doing them more harm than good by sheltering them. It's like pushing a bird out of the nest. They will never be able to fly until we do. [/QUOTE]
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