aussiejulie
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What's fair - 2007/02/18 19:23
My daughter is 17 1/2 and seems to have past the worst of the horrible teen years. However, since she got her licence things have started to turn sour again. She just expected us to buy her her first car, eventually compromising and bought her a car on the proviso that she would pay us back over time. Within a few days of getting her licence she was involved in an accident (not her fault) and the car was a write-off. Once again it was expected that we would buy the next car but she wasn't quite as choosy this time and car no. 2 was bought. She left school at the end of last year finishing year 11. She was offered an apprenticeship at the hair dressers where she works and we went along with this as it is what she wants to do. Anyway, our problem now is that she seems to think she can come and go as she pleases treating the house as a hotel and says we are unfair giving her times to be home etc.
She plays basketball on Tuesday nights, works till 9pm on Thursday nights, goes out with friends on a Friday night and then still wants to go out other nights of the week. WE've let her go but said be home by midnight during the week Most times there's been a phone call to say she's going to be late. Are we being tought expecting her to be home at a reasonable time, letting us know where she's going and with who and showing a little bit of common courtesy and respect for us! How have other parents dealt with these sorts of things.
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