My DD is going out every day meeting up with a whole random lot of friends (most of whom I have no idea who they are) - and I am freaked out because I found a 'cracker' in her bag (used to extract the nitrous/oxide gas), cigarettes and I know she is drinking because the effects are obvious when she comes back. (She was in a coma a few month ago from drinking a lot of vodka in a short space of time). She is very wilful and we are trying to give her some space without totally constraining her - she would just walk out the door anyway. It's a delicate balancing act because part of me thinks that at least she is fairly happy and not cutting herself anymore, or planning to commit suicide like she did last year. She has had some therapy and is in a better place now - is she just doing what a lot of kids do and finding her way?! god knows. On the plus side, she is letting me know roughly where she is and she is coming back roughly on time. I keep wavering between wanting to clamp down hard and say, 'right, you're not going out' to thinking, well, she's going to do it anyway regardless of what I say. Anyone who has kids the same age or older, please give me your experience and wisdom, thank you.
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advice pls -15 yr old DD, on hippy crack, drinking etc
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exasperatedemma · 27/07/2014 19:09
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