Unruly Teenager-Need Help
Find a Conversation
Unruly Teenager-Need Help
| Fri, 06-22-2007 - 2:32am |
I need help now. My 16 yr old daughter snuck out of the house. No, not the first time that was two years ago. Not the second time that was earlier this week which she is grounded for but again tonight and it is 2:30 on Friday morning and I cannot find her. I am losing it...I think I need to have her declare unruly but don't know how to do this. And before you ask 2 years ago we went into intense counsoling, three times a week. After she got caught the second time she said she would never do it again because she wants to prove she is mature. Help Me and my family!

I'm so sorry you're dealing with this, it's so scary when your child isn't where she's supposed to be at any time, but especially in the middle of the night.
I am so sorry she's putting you through this. But honestly it's time to call in the professionals again. You did not give us to much info, but for me this would be like a cancer in my family and if I treated it once and it came back, I would treat it again. Can you get her back to someone who can see if she is suffering from some kind of bipolar disorder? Or if there is no reason to suspect anything other than bad teen antics, you have got to get some parenting advice on how to stop her from thinking she can rule the house.
Good luck keep us posted.
I appreciate the succinct post but I do think it would help to know where she goes-is this about a BF? Has it been the same reason all times?
Could you buy alarms for the door or window-I think they are readily available now-not a full alarm system necessarily, just something that lets you know THAT door was opened.
We found out my then 16 yr old was sneaking out about the same time we found a near empty bottle of vodka in his closet. He was in the basement at the time so we moved him upstairs next to our room although it was disruptive to other family members. To my knowledge, that stopped the sneaking.
They also have cell phones that allow you to determine your childs location-obviously, she could ditch the cell but its a thought!
If you know where she is going I would certainly track her down and make a loud and embarrassing entrance, even if that meant waking BFs family at 230 AM
Let us know how it comes out