Found out this week that my daughter has been smoking. I have been furious, taken away her allowance and dinner money. Stupid child didn't even try to hide the fact she had had a cigarette like NORMAL teenagers and eat a packet of mints, she just gave me a kiss and she stank of smoke.
Anyway, have been pissed off with her all week.
Last night was parents' evening at her school. She is year 10, badly dyslexic and has really struggled at school and has been terrified of the exams. All her teachers really sang her praises - it was the best parents' evening she has ever had, and the teachers said she was a lovely girl, a credit to me, really contributes well in lessons, and is on course to get all A* to B in all her exams.
We then were invited to a ceremony in the cathedral (is award ceremony for students from all 15 senior schools in Gloucester) where she won an award for community and citizenship, and also an award for sport.
She is a good kid. She never misbehaves and the only thing I have ever caught her doing wrong is smking (and the spending of her allowance/dinner/bus money on fags). I give her her allowance and bus/dinner money in a lump sum in the back every month, perhaps it was my fault for being stupid and giving her so much money to manage. However I have always though she has budgeted very well, has never run out of money and come cap in hand asking for more, has always managed to save etc.
Should I cut her some slack re the smoking because she is so good in every other respect?
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Shall I cut my 15 year old (fag ash lil) daughter some slack as she has had a glowing report
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GetOrf · 24/06/2011 11:16
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