hi, please don't shoot me down in flames for being stupid..but my YD, just 16, seems addicted to the internet/being on line. We had a huge row last night which ended not only in the vile things she screams at me but also in her kicking, screaming and scratching my face (yes, our relationship has got to this sorry state) because I ask her to come off at 10pm...which considering she gets up for college at 6.50am and gets back home at 5.30pm, I think is late enough? I did try to leave it on a week ago but she just stays on it until 11/12 at night. She is supposed to turn lights out around 10.30. Last night I went up, not having turned the wifi off, and she was still on it at 10.20...I was polite about her turning it off as it was 20 minutes after we had asked her to abide by but she just erupted..again.
Am I being draconian? Do your teenagers stay on all the time? I work with teenagers and we have problems with them not being able to think properly because they are so tired through being on line/gaming til the early hours. She says EVERYONE goes on all the time..she takes it in with her to brush her teeth even. We are very concerned, she is bad tempered and moody, and extremely touchy and very very volatile, particularly after she has been on line, comes in at 5.30, goes straight upstairs and on line, walks about with her I pad on, stays upstairs all the time apart from a quick meal downstairs. Since she got her i-pad last xmas (before then it was internet only downstairs) her behaviour has got worse and worse...beyond what we have experienced as normal (!) teenager behaviour...she is our 3rd daughter and sadly feel our relationship is breaking down. I have told her I love her and I feel I am doing my best for her ...we do a lot for her,as we did for our other two, and wanted to, ferry her about, pay for stuff, support her etc
Punishment wise for behaviour nothing works anyway, she'll just shout aggressively "DO IT!" and as she has a job doesn't need money that much off us. It is upsetting us so much, we thought we were through the terrible teenager bit but since she has gone to college it's got much worse
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.
Teenagers
Feel daughter is addicted to internet
26 replies
febel · 19/11/2013 08:17
OP posts:
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.