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<blockquote data-quote="ravengal" data-source="post: 82339" data-attributes="member: 4127"><p>Thanks to all of you for your words of welcome and advice.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to give the impression that I am trying to run daughter's life. I am actually fairly laid-back as a parent, but now realize that daughter needed more guidance and structure. We really dropped the ball during her teen years, so she doesn't believe we would really follow through on setting boundaries because our parenting has been so inconsistent over the past four years. How in the world do you get an 18 year old to accept consequences, boundaries, and expectations when she cashes paychecks and spends them before we can collect rent, and refuses to answer her cellphone when she wants to stay out past curfew. </p><p></p><p>I'm willing to leave the GED/high school issue alone. Her lack of completion will catch up with her at some point, I'm sure. </p><p></p><p>daughter will be net around $1200/month if she's called in to work every available shift, so I know she can take care of her basic needs without our assistance. She gets paid every week and has already cashed her first partial paycheck. I didn't ask where the money went.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ravengal, post: 82339, member: 4127"] Thanks to all of you for your words of welcome and advice. I don't want to give the impression that I am trying to run daughter's life. I am actually fairly laid-back as a parent, but now realize that daughter needed more guidance and structure. We really dropped the ball during her teen years, so she doesn't believe we would really follow through on setting boundaries because our parenting has been so inconsistent over the past four years. How in the world do you get an 18 year old to accept consequences, boundaries, and expectations when she cashes paychecks and spends them before we can collect rent, and refuses to answer her cellphone when she wants to stay out past curfew. I'm willing to leave the GED/high school issue alone. Her lack of completion will catch up with her at some point, I'm sure. daughter will be net around $1200/month if she's called in to work every available shift, so I know she can take care of her basic needs without our assistance. She gets paid every week and has already cashed her first partial paycheck. I didn't ask where the money went. [/QUOTE]
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