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My daughter is 15 and very mean to me in the home. I am the disciplinarian, single parent. She is involved in youth group and very spiritual outside the home. We went to counseling with our paster but she still behaves badly with me. (I was just called an idiot by the way because I am typing to loud.) Is it "ok" to ground her for periods of time from youth group? It is her only activity. B. ----------------------- Absolutely! Youth group attendance is a privilege, not a right. www.MyOutOfControlTeen.com

Hi Ann, >>>>>>>>>>>>> I’ve commented below. Our 15 (almost 16 year old) son went to a friend’s house last night for a party. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did he “earn” this privilege? If so, how? The parents were home ...the grandmother was there ...they assured me that they would have a close eye on the kids and when I picked him up this morning them other assured me that they were all good. I know the boy whose house the party was at is wild and know that he bragged about having alcohol there. I picked my son up and he seemed fine. I have software that allows me to monitor his conversations online. Others are typing him about his "condition" last night and he is bragging about not knowing what he was doing and typed that he was "hoaking" (may be a typo but wondering if this slang word means anything to you?!!?!) I don’t know now what to do? >>>>>>>>>>>>>...

HELP! We just recently began your program (1 wk ago or so). It is working well with our 15 year old son, not so great with the 17 year old. The older son is definitely our strong willed child who seems to fit the 'class clown' scenario well. Here's the issue. The older son.... He is on internet school. His car privileges had already been previously suspended (pending his retaining a job to pay for his own insurance, gas, repairs etc - he was abusing our giving natures) so we grounded him for 3 days for an 'infraction'. My husband typically works from home so he is able to 'monitor' the older sons activities (which also was a bit of a issue as the older son would just about work my husband to death emoting and arguing). This week however my husband is working away from the house. The older son chose to leave the house on Sunday (his last day of grounding). He came home after we were already in bed and then chose again to leave the house for the entir...