If you don't get a handle on it quick, you are going to be raising grandchildren fast.
Screw their windows shut.
Plant BIG throny bushes below their windows. Trim the trees so they can't be climbed.
Remove any driving privileges.
Keep them flat-footed and broke.
If they have to get a job to pay for their hot fashions, that is one less time frame in which they can get into trouble.
I'm sure that DCFS gets plenty of such calls from spoiled brats. Talk to their counselors if you have to... I'm sure they will have some good suggestions.
You need to have them sit down for a family meeting. Lay down the law. Either they straighten up or they will get to go to boot camp during the summer, and/or be shipped away to a military or religious boarding school until they are 18. You are going to have to get tough and they are going to have to believe you.
You are their parents... you cannot be their friends.
You are going to be held responsible for their actions until they are 18.
2007-10-14 11:07:15
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answered by revsuzanne 7
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WOW!! I can fully understand your frustration, the thing with my kids is I'm lucky enough they fear me enough to know if they do some stupid thing like call dcf they better call the coronor too. I was out of control when I was that age and I moved out when I was 16 and made my way. But I worked 2 jobs and supported my self. I would go throught he counseling thing but it is time to crack the whip. I would start taking everything away from them, t.v. games, social life, and they need to earn it back. The problem with kids theese days is the public and school tell them if your spanked it's child abuse and let me tell ya, I don't care where I am if my kids act up I'm beating there butt and I don't care who likes it. Kids need to respect and fear there parents. Good luck to you
2007-10-14 11:05:29
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answered by pamperinmomma 1
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My husband's little brother is seventeen and last year when he was sixteen he called CPS on his dad (my husband's step dad). All because my father in law made him rake the lawn before he could go to a party- he told CPS that his father was cruel and made him work all the time- it was a big joke. CPS came and investigated and charges were dropped. My brother in law was grounded indefinitely. As far as I know, he's still grounded a year later. He can have friends over and he can go visit his friends, but there are strict time limits and he has a list of chores to do first. They said if he thought he was worked hard before, he's about to find out how wrong he was.
Punish them. They deserve it & you have the right.
2007-10-14 10:59:03
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answered by Anonymous
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One time the girls will call dcfs and they will end up taking them away. IF that happens they will see that you weren't as bad of a parent as what they thought you were. Teens just think that all parents are bad, mean, or whatever. If they only knew what it is really like living in a "prison" so to speak, they would change their attitudes. If they ever threaten to call dcfs again, tell them you will do it for them because you are just as tired of their crap as they are of yours.
2007-10-14 11:05:51
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answered by Miss Behavin 6
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It sounds like counseling is the answer. At 16 and 17, boys are part of the growing up experience. If you allowed them to date and set reasonable parameters for them, they may not feel the need to sneak around behind your back. I believe if you all go into counseling with an open mind and learn how to communicate more effectively with each other you might be able to work out a better way of doing things.
They need to learn that you are looking out for them and you need to learn a better way of doing that. A couple things you said concern me. You want to control them. Instead of trying to control them, try to communicate with them. Kids these days are pretty smart and they are usually willing to work with you if you approach them in a way where they feel like they are understood and if they have an opportunity to be heard.
You also said your husband "talk talk talk to them". Have either of you tried to listen to them? Ask them what they want. Ask them why they did what they did. Definitely get the whole family into counseling so you can all get on the same page and try to work with each other instead of against each other. Best of luck to you and your family.
2007-10-14 11:06:07
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answered by innerradiancecoaching 6
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i might definently wait until eventually after the toddler is born. She could develop related to this toddler and be certain that she needs to establish and in case you have dished out alot of money then it relatively is funds ya'll are out. After the toddler is born the toddler could have the skill to get a state scientific card so as that could desire to no longer be a controversy. I had a chum who became into in this occasion and she or he desperate to maintain her toddler and it became into extremely annoying and perplexing time. After the toddler is born and she or he's for particular that she needs to take place then i might come across a lawyer and circulate approximately it that way so as which you all can get gaurdianship. i think of that this may well be an extremely to blame desision on her area via fact a minimum of she is possessing up and asserting that she would not think of that she would be in a position to establish this toddler. I nevertheless might wait to work out how issues circulate.
2016-10-06 22:35:39
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answered by pantano 4
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Probably the best way to help this situation is to be stern with them. Ask them, do you want to be put in a foster home? do you want to go live with (relative)? Scare them into really thinking about the consequences. If they stand firm in their beliefs, then just say that you are glad to know how they feel, and let them think about it for a while.
2007-10-14 11:56:40
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answered by Anonymous
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you need to go to the dcfs and ask for help, tell them what your teenagers are doing and ask can they assist with getting you and them counseling, usually they will basic this on your income, sometimes you may not have to pay anything...it will be well worth it all in the end...they will not only teach you how to control them, but also get them under control..don't allow them to destroy your life forever..
2007-10-14 11:12:23
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answered by curious 3
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all you need to know is that you are good parents and teens will be teens i have threaten to do the same to my parents when i was a teen. and you only have a couple years so hang in there with out going crazy. when i became an adult and a mother i finally relized my parents did what they did for me and only me, as i said remember you are good parents and some day your teens wil relize this. good luck!
2007-10-14 11:07:29
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answered by scoob48413 2
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Wow...I'm sorry to hear that. It is so wrong how children have so much power and actually end up hurting parents who are concerned and actually want to do right for them.... Hang in there!
2007-10-14 10:58:05
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answered by Anonymous
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