Dd’s friend’s mum says her dd (who is just 15yrs) is sensible (she is a lovely girl) and she completely trusts her to always do the right thing.
My dd (14yrs - will be 15yrs in the summer) is also a lovely girl and mostly sensible but also naive. She definitely knows the difference between wrong and right but at the moment I don’t entirely trust her to make sensible/safe decisions. Not because she’s trying to be ‘naughty’ (for lack of a better word) but she isn’t streetwise and is keen to impress.
Obviously this makes for some difficult situations where dd’s friend’s mum is happy with things I’m not (for example large group of mixed sex teenagers sleeping over) - since when were mixed sex sleepovers a thing?!
Am I being unfair not trusting my dd completely or is she being naive to think 14/15yr olds always make the right decision?
How do you handle this difference of parenting styles without being the boring/bad guy all the time?
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Do you completely trust your 14/15 yr old? Different parenting styles.
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TremendousWorkGodfrey · 11/01/2018 19:39
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