My daughter is 18 and has just finished college and has no motivation or inclination to do anything. She finished about 6 weeks ago and does nothing apart from going out with her friends. She has spent any savings she had on going out all the time. I have tried to suggest things like traveling, summer camps, volunteering etc but shes not interested. She has a part time job in the evenings but hasnt made any attempt to look for anything more. She sleeps until lunchtime then gets up but usually only because ive come home from work and got her up. she does nothing around the house apart from walk the dog and can't even keep her room decent even though I've just brought her new furniture so she has no excuse of not having any storage. She has dirty plates, cups up there and it stinks. I'm sick of her treating me and our home like this and find her so frustrating. Because of her age I find it hard to give her consequences as feel like I can't take away her phone, make her stay in, get a job etc as she's now technically an adult. All I seem to be doing is nagging and she just switches off and it's having a negative impact on our relationship. Any ideas please?
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