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HELP!!!
| Sun, 10-01-2006 - 3:46am |
I am the stepmom of a 15 year old girl and I feel like my life is unravelling! I also have a 2 and a half year old daughter. My stepdaughter is getting more and more out of control everyday and as a result my marriage is suffering, I feel like a horrible mother and I am getting very depressed. She smokes (cigs and weed), has sex, runs away periodically, skips school regularly and when at home is very disrespectful. We have tried everything from counselling to grounding to taking away privileges (phone, tv, etc), she's been on medication, off medication, we've talked, we've listened. She just does not seem to care about anything or anyone other than the group of friends she's hanging out with - and that situation couldn't be much worse either!! I love my husband dearly but am on the verge of moving out just to escape the constant stress of living with his daughter!! Her behaviour has been on a downhill slide for the past 2 years and I just don't know how much longer I can deal with this... or if I even should be dealing with this! I am hoping to find someone out there to talk to about this... thanks.

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Peggy, everything you've posted here is so encouraging! It really sounds like you're all doing the best you can and headed in the right direction. And now that you've added more to the history, it gives us all a better picture of what's going on.
I can't wait to hear how things go.
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