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Teenage Tearaway

Dawn by Dawn Young Parent(August 2006) (rank 27th)
We have a 13 year old who is totally out of hand,he has no respect for anyone and gets into trouble by smashing windows and burning out cars tried to get help off the social workers still waiting for them to come back.

When our daughter was 13,
she was hell on wheels, runing away staying out all night, we had had enough and as a last resort, we involved Childrens Aid! we signed an open end custody  order, and away she went! after a couple of days she called wanting to come home, but we held firm and she stayed for the 3 weeks! after that she was a changed kid, she followed our rules went to school and came home by curfew! Some people might think this cruel of me, but I had 3 other children to think of and she was disrupting all of our lives. she soon realized what she had at home was not such a bad thing. I do not know if this will work for you, but for our daughter it was like a miracle.
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blackwidowkate
March 2007 | blackwidowkate
Tough love
Hi
Maybe in the end all there is is tough love to save our kids....
After all what else is left
Good on you thanks for sharing
Luv Deb


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exquisite-flower
January 2007 | exquisite-flower
drastic action
sometimes being tough can show more how much we love someone also.  Good on you for sticking to your guns, I am sure it can not have been easy.
Peace
EF.x 


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johnunsworth20
4.00 (Good) | August 2006 | johnunsworth20
tear away teenager
Thanks for the advice its nice to know there are other people who have gone through the same thing. Pleased to see your daughter is saughted and there's light at the end of what seems to be a endless tunnel.


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cheleinkal
4.00 (Good) | August 2006 | cheleinkal
Good for you
Everyone has already said it all, I just want to add Good on ya you Gutsy woman.

I bet you haven't even thought about how much courage you showed, how much respect you earned.  I bet you didn't get any problems from her younger siblings either.

Well Done.


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mcm
4.68 (Excellent) | August 2006 | mcm
Tough Love
Sometimes all they need is tough love. They can see what they are missing and appreciate their home and parents all the more. I don't have experience with caring for teens though I was one a few years back!! And I think you did right by your child, Dawn.


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JadieLady
4.00 (Good) | August 2006 | JadieLady
COmpleely understand
we almost did that to y brother but mum never got around to doing anything about it. I cant imagine how hard it must have been, but oh my i dont think i could live without my son for that long not being able to comfort him. i gave my mum hell, and moved out several times but she always begged me back, which was good as i never had somehwhere tostay, but it wasnt until i left home that we started getting along better. we have a great relationship now.


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allyp
4.00 (Good) | August 2006 | allyp
not curel at all, i understand

wow that must of been hard for you. i am sorry to hear that. thankfully it worked for your daughter. i couldn't amagine going through that at all(like putting my daughter through it, if she turned out to be that bad). but i do understand why you did it, i do not think that it was cruel of you.
I actually at the age of 15 moved back down to Nova Scotia to be away from my parents and everyday i would cry  because i missed them.. after a few months i came back and everything was good. i think it changed me.



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      Dawn
4.73 (Excellent) | August 2006 | Dawn
not curel at all, i understand
in retospect i belive that what we did for our daughter is more commonly refered to as tough love heck of a way to find out its meaning, but all turned out well thank goodness


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           allyp
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2006 | allyp
not curel at all, i understand

thats very much true. thankfully it did work out well for you



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