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To be panicking about parasitic daughter

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Steakandchipsfort · 05/06/2016 18:25

Please don't flame me for calling her that as I love her very much but she is lazy and acting like a parasite and a waster.

She is quite bright and could easily have gone on to college or uni as she does have 1 a level and a few GCSEs at a low grade. She refused to study for them and was very aggressive and abusive when we encouraged her to study.

She was supposed to be resitting them this year but wouldn't even go to school, she turned up for exams but said she thinks she has failed them.

She had an interview for college last week but cancelled it saying she had no interest in studying. The problem is she had no interest in anything. I told her she has to get a job and she just laughed and said ok. She has no intention of getting one.

This is my plan, I don't want to be cruel but she is not taking this seriously at all-

Arrange a flat share or bedsit for her (she cannot continue to live at home. She is abusive and aggressive, at times violent, and had made our lives and those of her siblings a misery especially in the past year). I will tell her I will pay the first three months then she has to pay herself.

Tell her either to get a job or claim JSA.

She is 18.

This is all breaking my heart. She is a bright girl

DawnMumsnet · 05/06/2016 22:53

Evening all,

Thanks for the reports about this thread. We've deleted a number of posts which we felt were disablist, and thought now would be a good time to post a link to our This Is My Child Campaign.

One of the aims of the campaign is to debunk some of the unhelpful - and incorrect - assumptions about how children with special needs behave - and suggests how we can all challenge those assumptions to help alleviate the stress this places on parents.

Please take a look at Myth 1: Behaviour disorders are a fashionable excuse for bad behaviour and poor parenting

It's written mostly about children, but the broader point (that people with these disorders could do with some understanding and support) applies to adults too of course.

Many thanks.

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