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Please help, niece gone off rails, won’t isolate. Parents distraught.

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Doggodogington · 07/04/2020 12:03

Back story, my DN 18 met a boy 18 months ago. Since then she has given up a sport that she was doing so well in, gave up college, stopped going out with friends, out on two stone, started smoking, and weed.
Her mum has a lung condition which means she’s on the shield list, my DN is still going out and about, not isolating. She was brought home by the police this weekend as she was passenger in a stolen car that she insists her partner (who has no job and lives in a shed) bought fairly for £4000. It was a £14,000 car.
She sneaked out last night and they haven’t heard off her since. I am raging, We are a decent family, nothing like this has happened before. I don’t even know where to start. I feel like going to look for her and dragging her home but why should I break my isolation for her! Part of me says let her go live in the shed with him seeing as she likes it there so much.
I don’t know why I’m posting, just ranting really. If anyone has any insight to the teenage girls mind they could share I’d be very grateful.

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SpeedwellBlue · 07/04/2020 13:49

Normally I'd be in favour of always leaving the door open to her but in a pandemic I think she needs to be told to stay in the shed home

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