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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 363550" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>After raising six teens (3 steps) and two grandsons I sympathize with your stress level. The fact that she will attend therapy and include her Mom is a positive sign. She has not closed herself off from you guys as many teens do. Whew!Does her therapist believe that she is displaying mental health issues? If so, ask for a lead to a qualified adolescent psychiatrist who can evaluate her and help her through these times. Even though her behavior is not what you'd hope for (understatement, I know) personally I think choosing your battles is the best road. Each family deals in their own ways with issues but in my experience trying to gain too much control of a teen is apt to sever the parent/child binds. I'm a proponent of carefully picking your battles. Birth control is needed, I believe.Trying to find her a volunteer summer job would be worth exploring. Obviously leaving her all on her own is beyond frightening.husband and I have lived the step-parent transition. My almost perfect teen son called my husband"Mr. X (his name)" for over two years after we married. Thank heavens my new husband wasunwavering in his quiet supportive demeanor. Meanwhile my older SD has "tolerated" me forover thirty years. No, her Dad and I didn't meet until six years after her Mom divorced him.Crazy, huh? Blending families is a pain but if the adults stay on the same page it works out.Keep reading and posting here. The support is beyond measure. You'll get differing views but everyone is sincere and caring. Glad to have you aboard. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 363550, member: 35"] After raising six teens (3 steps) and two grandsons I sympathize with your stress level. The fact that she will attend therapy and include her Mom is a positive sign. She has not closed herself off from you guys as many teens do. Whew!Does her therapist believe that she is displaying mental health issues? If so, ask for a lead to a qualified adolescent psychiatrist who can evaluate her and help her through these times. Even though her behavior is not what you'd hope for (understatement, I know) personally I think choosing your battles is the best road. Each family deals in their own ways with issues but in my experience trying to gain too much control of a teen is apt to sever the parent/child binds. I'm a proponent of carefully picking your battles. Birth control is needed, I believe.Trying to find her a volunteer summer job would be worth exploring. Obviously leaving her all on her own is beyond frightening.husband and I have lived the step-parent transition. My almost perfect teen son called my husband"Mr. X (his name)" for over two years after we married. Thank heavens my new husband wasunwavering in his quiet supportive demeanor. Meanwhile my older SD has "tolerated" me forover thirty years. No, her Dad and I didn't meet until six years after her Mom divorced him.Crazy, huh? Blending families is a pain but if the adults stay on the same page it works out.Keep reading and posting here. The support is beyond measure. You'll get differing views but everyone is sincere and caring. Glad to have you aboard. DDD [/QUOTE]
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