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Making efforts to remove my 18yr old daughter
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<blockquote data-quote="Acacia" data-source="post: 727880" data-attributes="member: 19832"><p>Runaway,</p><p></p><p>I had to laugh at your tag name, because if your'e at all like me, you've thought of running away from it all yourself. </p><p></p><p>However difficult I think you are doing the right thing to have your daughter leave. If you can do it without police involvement, that's best. I made my 17 year old (he's now 32 and not doing much better) leave because of his effect on the whole family, particularly his younger brother. His disrespect, failure to honor rules, and temper made our home a miserable place. </p><p></p><p>Nothing I tried worked: counseling, contracts, court intervention, etc. Because I love him, it hurt terribly to do this. When he was 15, we did get the police involved through a CHINS petition (Children in Need of Services. I have mixed feelings about police involvement because sometimes the court makes things worse, but we ran out of leverage, and the situation could not continue as was.</p><p></p><p>I can also relate because I have a 37 year old borderline daughter with whom I've had to cut contact because she refuses to get help or to acknowledge that anything is wrong with her. I could not take the verbal abuse, rage, and being used any longer.</p><p></p><p>You and your 14 year old deserve to have peace in your home. In my opinion you are doing all that you can, but that doesn't make it any easier. This is a great site to get the support you need to detach and to take care of yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Acacia, post: 727880, member: 19832"] Runaway, I had to laugh at your tag name, because if your'e at all like me, you've thought of running away from it all yourself. However difficult I think you are doing the right thing to have your daughter leave. If you can do it without police involvement, that's best. I made my 17 year old (he's now 32 and not doing much better) leave because of his effect on the whole family, particularly his younger brother. His disrespect, failure to honor rules, and temper made our home a miserable place. Nothing I tried worked: counseling, contracts, court intervention, etc. Because I love him, it hurt terribly to do this. When he was 15, we did get the police involved through a CHINS petition (Children in Need of Services. I have mixed feelings about police involvement because sometimes the court makes things worse, but we ran out of leverage, and the situation could not continue as was. I can also relate because I have a 37 year old borderline daughter with whom I've had to cut contact because she refuses to get help or to acknowledge that anything is wrong with her. I could not take the verbal abuse, rage, and being used any longer. You and your 14 year old deserve to have peace in your home. In my opinion you are doing all that you can, but that doesn't make it any easier. This is a great site to get the support you need to detach and to take care of yourself. [/QUOTE]
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