Eldest daughter never put much effort in at school but managed to do ok, passed GCSES, not as good grades as she could have got but not bad considering she did hardly any work.
She went to sixth form college and obviously thought she could get away with the same for A Levels. This is just not happening, last year wasn't too bad, she was scraping by but this year is awful. She is doing no work and it looks like she will fail her A Levels this summer.
I don't know what to do, tried every approach, not getting angry and trying to encourage her. Trying to explain that she won't get into university and will be stuck here while all her friends have gone.
Nothing works, she ignores me, just doesn't care and says it's her life. She is only interested in going out, smoking and drinking.
To make things worse, financially things are bad for us. I can't afford to support her living at home not working or at college.
I really don't know what to do.
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sands42 · 24/03/2012 04:46
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