We have a 15 year old daughter who is heading down the wrong path, failing school, disrespectful, the typical. My breaking point was some very promiscuous pictures she had taken of herself on her cell phone by her friends and self portraits. How can I get my daughter to respect herself and be more concerned about her actions.
2007-01-01 17:23:28 · 6 answers · asked by Michele H 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
tough call, i can still remember how i was at 15 and i put my parents through hell!! first try couseling, theres a reason she feels she needs to show off her body and turn away from you. she may be depressed, or have high anxiety and may need medication for it. i did and it did wonders for me. i fought with my dad alot and felt negleted by him and so i took it out on myself and others. i didn't respect myself at the time either because of these feelings about my dad, and your daughter maybe feeling the same way. there is no easy solution except to ride it out with her. let her know you love her and will always be there to talk to but insist that she get some couseling. i know this really sucks for you now but with time and love and support she will hopefully grow out of this, i did, i'm 29 married and have 2 kids and love my parents dearly and so will she!! GOOD LUCK!!
2007-01-01 23:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by onyx maiden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slap some experience into her! via this i do no longer imply actual injury, i imply, wake her up! climate you're Christian or no longer, a 15 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous should not be smoking weed and drowsing around. specific it would desire to look as though she is standard and funky. yet while what you assert is genuine, no guy will see her because of the fact the suited female to bypass out with. merely the suited female to sleep with. Harsh words, i understand. Remind her that, existence would not would desire to be the two a hundred% social gathering's and eating and smoking, or a hundred% church and community paintings the two. help her come across a stability, because of the fact with stability there is readability and with readability there is replace and with replace the is fulfillment! So help her with advice, attempt to steer her into the suited direction. instruction manual her, no longer push her. Open her eyes to what the destiny holds for her, and remind her that she is 15, that's merely approximately virtually a baby. If all else fails remind her that she would be in a position to be going back to her united states if she would not awaken.
2016-10-06 07:52:46 · answer #2 · answered by haslinger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need disipline in your household. Don't give in to her ways as it sounds as though you know what the consequences my be if she keeps going down this track ( and I'm also sure that there is probally alot of things that you don't know that she's been doing). Be authoritative, be strict, make sure she knows who's at the head of the house, if it gets to the point where she's afraid of you, whilst it may seem extream its will save a lot of hard ache for you & your family and also your daughter as she wont be doing things that she may be regretting for the rest of her life.
Have household rules and stick to them, enforce disipline if she brakes them. Also, eductate her on the consequences that can arise from various actions that she may choose to 'experience'- if it scares her, all the better, it will really reinforce it that way.
Good Luck
2007-01-02 21:36:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get her a cell phone without a camera in it first of all, Then be sure that you monitor her my-space and all other communtication. I do my daughter and she is great now. She is involved in extra caricular activities and getting great grades. Also girls this age need a lot of attention. Please try to spend some quality time. I have girls days and we get our nails done or go walking in the mall. Just do not let her unconnect with you. That is when you will really loose controll. Stay Connected with HER.
Hope you find your way,
2007-01-02 08:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Tracylyn S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has to be something deeper then her obvious disrespect for herself..NOONE can make respect herself more but herself ...by having a hard approach you will alienate her even more..by being soft but firm you may get to the root of her problem and be able to help her more effectively...talk to her about your concerns(calmly) and maybe teach her to be responsible for her actions and consequences to herself of the choices she makes in her life..so many of us forget to teach our kids to be responsible for their action....forget to teach them to be proactive....and self honesty.....good luck!!!!!!
2007-01-02 11:14:13 · answer #5 · answered by Bob P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats hard at 15 but try to talk to her and check her phone and stuff more offen and if she has a myspace check that too. Good Luck!
-Fredo
2007-01-01 22:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by Alaina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋