Hi all. I know this topic has been done to death but I'm desperate for advice.
My 16 year old daughter is becoming increasingly difficult to live with. She is rude, arrogant, lazy, treats the house like a hotel and I can't quite believe how miserable she makes us all feel. She has been like this for a couple of years now but it seems that now she is 16, she thinks she doesn't have to follow a single house rule and can talk to me and my husband like shit. It has got to the point where she swears at us, comes home whenever she feels like it, leaves the house in a total mess and never cleans up after herself, will not do a single thing around the home and when we try to discipline her she just goes out anyway and does what she wants.
My mental health is now rock bottom. I'm ashamed to admit that I actually want her to leave but she has nowhere to go.
We've always been very loving, supportive parents and she and her younger brother are our whole world. I feel like I've completely failed as a parent as she is so vile, I can't quite believe I gave birth to her. Her 12 year old brother is the complete opposite to her and I know he doesn't understand why she is so awful either.
Has anyone had a similar experience? I'm not sure how to discipline her when she just disregards everything I say.
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Totaldespair · 08/09/2020 18:06
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