DD 14 is making life pretty difficult at the moment. She was well behaved, kind, polite etc till year 8 (puberty!), I used to enjoy parents evening and opening reports. Fast forward two years and things could not be more different!
She is very rude and disrespectful (stompy, eyerolling, slamming,arguing), she does no work, she won't take up a hobby, she will not conform in any way shape or form, she argues CONSTANTLY, she is very selfish and is just generally making life difficult for those around her. Now due to this behaviour she has got herself a bit of a reputation at school so they are always watching her (not surprising) so she has daily periods of isolation, detentions etc. and she just does not give a shit and in fact finds it quite amusing. She is very close to being asked to leave current school and I'm pretty despairing. She is "class clown" with attitude and doesn't involve herself in serious behaviour but the constant disruption is getting tiring for all. At home she is difficult but I'm not sure how much more difficult than your average teenager. She is lazy around the house and requires much pestering to do anything but she isn't a tearaway and will do as I've asked but after a fair bit of stomping eye rolling and speeches about how unfair everything is and she will leave if I carry on but then does it and is embarrassed by her dramatic outbursts. She likes to spend her free time gossiping with friends, going for dinner and being glued to her phone. She has a strong circle of friends and I don't think anything is happening she is worried about. She does tell me everything (sometimes to much and I wish she'd hold back a bit!).
In short anyone had a similar issue?! I have tried endless things ranging from phone removal, grounding to the more positive end of the spectrum with rewards for good behaviour. Nothing has ever made the tiniest bit of difference! I find it so frustrating watching her muck everything up so much and her not being able to see its her shes mucking up!
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Lottie4545 · 23/06/2015 20:02
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