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Help and advice needed to deal with abusive teenager

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123no · 04/03/2018 09:38

I would love advice with no judgement on how i can deal with an abusive 19 year child.
She's finished school and working full time but still is very much dependent on us. She has extreme melt downs and attacks me semi regularly and I'm not coping well anymore. Her father does occasionally step in and try to help me but he's frightened of her getting even more worked up and tells me to let it go when she is screaming at me and smashing doors and walls and calling me the most horrible names. I've begged him to make her stand on her own two feet but he ignores everything i ask and continues to buy all her food, wont make her contribute to rent or household bills and he gives in to her every demand of driving her everywhere and being her gofer.
Advice I've had from people in my life is to kick her out so she can learn to be self sufficient but I've spoken to her about it and she tells me to eff off, it's her house and she will do as she pleases. She wont leave because she has life so easy at home. I've stopped cleaning up after her and it just piles up and then she gets furious if her clothes aren't clean for work.
Is there someone or an organization i can reach out to that can help me next time she starts getting violent and destructive? I want to fix this but I'm all alone. I'm not getting the police involved, that's not an option. But i am getting desperate. I thought this was a phase when it started 2 years ago but it's become so much worse.

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OneEpisode · 04/03/2018 10:24

Flowers and a bump for you. 19 isn’t a child.

lljkk · 04/03/2018 10:27

You can't change her (or your partner). You can make decisions for yourself. I'm sorry your choices are so awful. I would move out. x

motheroreily · 04/03/2018 10:32

This sounds horrible. I can't imagine how you feel. 19 isn't a child and if this was a partner I'd tell you to make a plan to get out. I hope someone with more practical advice comes along.

WeAllHaveWings · 04/03/2018 11:23

Your bigger problem is your dh/dp who is condoning and feeding her behaviour, you need to agree a way forward and stand united, it is the best thing for you as a couple and for your daughter grow up. I doubt there are any services to help you, other than the police to protect you, as she is now an adult.

If your dh/dp isn’t on board you have few choices. Police and press charges, or leave.

Mary21 · 04/03/2018 11:52

Look up non violent resistance, may help?

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bastardkitty · 05/03/2018 05:16

The organisation you are looking for is called the police. I would tell her that the next time she assaults you, you will call them, then do it. Your H is a major part of the problem here because he's enabling her and undermining you.

Iluvthe80s · 07/03/2018 22:27

Sorry you are goibgvthrough this. You need to tell her that if her violent and aggressive behaviour continues then you will call the police. You have to be prepared to do it though. We had our 15 year old ds arrested last year. Violent and aggressive. When he came home we told him that if it happened again we would press charges. We have not had to call the police since but would call them again if we needed to. Do t do anythi g for her. She treats you like shit.....She gets shit on return
She's an adult not a child good luck

BarbarianMum · 07/03/2018 22:44

Police - each and every time she attacks you or starts smashing stuff up.

BarbarianMum · 07/03/2018 22:45

Is she your dd ?

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