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Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

The right thing to do ?

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Highlandmum1 · 31/07/2022 10:05

My 17 year old daughter does nothing but hide in her room , her sister lives with thier dad and we have 3 other children in the house , I try to get her to join in but she never wants to , she hardly says a word to us .The other day I noticed self harm marks on her leg and when I asked all I got was I don't do it anymore I was in a bad place, I do try and communicate with her but she has no interest in communication with me, she has a job and works.hard at school so I can't complained there but she has got so lazy helping in the house to , today I asked for help with hovering 3 times and in the end she.said I don't really want to so I took her phone from her which i have never done, I'm scared that her not talk will cause more issues but sick of been a door mat in my own home. Any advise ? I can't spk to her dad as we don't get on. All my partner want to do is support me and he trys his best with her to but she doesn't respond to him either.

OP posts:
Happyandyouknowit82 · 01/08/2022 13:20

Whitehorsegirl · 01/08/2022 09:21

Seriously? you are worried about her not hoovering when you have a kid who is self-harming and is isolating herself most of the time in her room? I think you need to re-assess your priorities.

She might be bullied, depressed or something might have happened to her that you are not aware about. We don't know why her sister chose to live with her father and not you and there might be an issue there. Does your daughter miss her sister? feels like an outsider in your home? does she not get on with your new partner?

You need to be more pro-active at trying to support her and find out what is really going on. Taking her phone is pointless and if she is being bullied for example it could also be dangerous (preventing her from calling for help if needed).

Have you spoken to the school? to her place of work? have you tried to arrange counselling for her so she can speak to someone who is not part of the family if she does not feel she can open up to you?

There are a lot of possibilities here and you actually need to do something about this and make helping her your priority.

Focusing on whether she cleaning the carpet or not is not going to help your child...hence why you are getting some rather concerned & sharp replies in this thread.

You have given a lot of time and thought in to this post.

the op won’t respond though

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