Question : My daughter is 13 years old... and she has this boy who is 18 years old that she "likes". She calls him endlessly. I have spanked her, spoken to her, written to her all in effort of saying..She must enjoy her childhood and stop pursuing boys. I would like to think that we have a relationship where we share stuff... but now am worried that she might me hiding somethings from me... How do i get it to her that pursuing boys n relatioships is done when one is a little bit older than she is.. Frustr mom
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Question : my son has become defiant, sarcastic, disrespectful, beligerant, withdrawn, combative and even close to striking me .... confides in school friends with personal family matters rather than talk to me about it, trusts friends and teachers advice over mine, even though I have been there every hour of every day for him for school or any activity since his mother died last October he thinks I have never been there for him, chooses to deviate from school plan to follow what his friends think is a good curriculum when he has neither the interest nor the talent necessary for it, bated me into an argument with his friends prearranged and waiting outside telling them I am abusive and physically hurting him and he is scared of me ( there have been only 2 heated arguments including this one since last October ) to justify it then runs out the door with his bags to an awaiting car of one of his friends parents .... now he is staying at his friends house and will not come home .... he just turned 17 ! ..... I don't know what to do ..... i feel like I have been set up and the parents that help him leave have not called me ! Is this legal ? Apparently I have no say and if I try to curtail his involvement with these people ( my wife always thought they were a bad influence but I let him see them anyway .... big mistake ) my son leaves to go to them !
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