My 15 year old daughter is going off the rails and I have exhausted all avenues to help.
Up until 6 months ago was straight A student. Struggled with girl friendships - always being let down, talked about etc. I felt she expected too much but also it was the girls she wanted to hang out with.
She's wanting to hang out with the 'cool girls' who are the mean, mad girls who drink and run after boys.
She's so depressed the last 2 weeks. All she has done is cry. In moments where she will talk to me (when I'm not controlling her life) she will say it's all too much, she doesn't want to hang out with them but you can't change groups now. She says she will never hang out with the nice girls (as they read books and go to drama groups).
She has an outside interest which takes a lot of her free time. She loves her friends from there but even at weekend when they were over I could see she got no joy from them.
She has 1st formal exams after Easter. Refuses to study or even do homework. I can sit by her side and she will do a limited amount (half hour). She lies constantly about everything. Said she was sick and my husband left work early to collect her. She actually had a test she was avoiding. Even thought I found this out she still says she didn't.
I know she is overwhelmed by friends, school etc but I'm so worried about her. We take her phone off her every night at 10pm.
She goes mad as I do random checks and these are necessary as I have seen her post inappropriate things or learned what crazy friends are up to.
It's breaking our hearts she's so unhappy and she says she can't see his things will improve. We will give her full support with studies etc but she tells us to leave her alone.