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17 And 18 Year Old Children
Asked by L.F. from Sioux Falls
on June 2, 2011
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I am so frustrated! Last week my son graduated from high school. I told him three house rules need to be followed. Rule 1 - call or text us if he is not coming home at...
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- I would say sell them to a band of gypsies but I don't think they have any real value at that age. I am lucky, mine do pay their bills, cleaning not so much. Well ...
- I completely agree with Krista P. What does your husband say about all this?
- They are actually completely in control... of you and your household. The 17 yr old can go live with his mother. The 18 yr old has 2 weeks to find a place to live....
18 Year Old Not Listening to Me....
Asked by W.K. from New York
on August 27, 2011
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Im so frustrated and angry right now. My sons 18 & 17 decided to spend the week with their father, they were supposed to come home on Sunday, well we are supposed to g...
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- I don't know for sure what area he's in but isn't he really safer there?
- First off...take a deep breath. Okay...17 and 18 year olds don't listen to their mothers anyway. You are worried and that's normal for a momma, but you are overreac...
- I sooo feel your pain. This afternoon my bro called to tell me HIS 19 yo was stranded in NYC with her BF. I'm like, are you for real? What am I supposed to do about it...
18 Year Old Son Advise to Make Right Choices
Asked by J.M. from Flagstaff
on November 24, 2009
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My son just turned 18 and though he is the oldest, once upon a time he was the only sibling now he has a brother and sister. He has always been spoiled. and though ...
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- I think that you keep your home open for him to come home, IF he follows the rules and goes to school and tries to do well there. Don't shut him out just yet. But, a...
- Stop paying for his cell phone, car insurance and gas. Tell him if he wants to live in your home he lives by your rules, regardless of his age. Tell him to get a job...
- Dear JLM, As parents, we frequently try to prevent our kids from making mistakes because we love them so much. We forget that the road to wisdom is paved with mist...
A Soon to Be 18 Year Old Highschool Daughter
Asked by B.B. from Lake Charles
on August 8, 2012
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my daughter will be 18 next month and im concerned she wants to move out with her boyfriend,she is a senior in highschool and we are having trouble with rules i worry ...
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- If she's 18 and wants to move out, you can't legally stop her. You CAN tell her that you will NOT be supporting/raising any grandchildren and that if she loses her sch...
- As someone said she will be 18 and legal, but you are still and always will be her parent. Let her know if she does move out and she doesnt finish school, she cannot ...
- I was a pregnant 18 year old high school senior. I went to college, had 2 MORE kids, have a stable, steady job, own 2 cars, have a house... ... and I moved out at 1...
Don't Know What to Do About Soon to Be 18 Year Old Son
Asked by K.R. from Washington DC
on September 19, 2011
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My son will turn 18 in November and I really don't know if I want him to stay in my house anymore. He decided he did not want to go to college but is working about 30 ...
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- I think the lease is a good idea but not until he is 18. Until then he IS your responsibility.
- He has no incentive to change, it's gone on too long. You have your husband and younger children to think about and owe it to them to have a home filled with respect,...
- Why not strongly suggest he enlist? The Navy did wonders or my son. Otherwise I had an apartment picked out for him, it was small, clean and affordable on his me...
18 Year Old Senior with Boyfriend We Don't Accept
Asked by K.D. from Norfolk
on May 29, 2013
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My daughter has been a great kid until January of this year. She's a good student (senior in high school)-GPA 3.85. January she started dating a guy 5 years older th...
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- She wants to be an adult? Fine! Adults make their own way in the world and work so they can pay for what they want. If they last, this guy is going to be your son i...
- Well, in my opinion, you've done a great job with your daughter - that is, if the end result was never wanting to see her again!! My in-laws made all the same types...
- Do NOT pay for school!! Tell her you will give her a year. And in a year if she is not dating this guy, you will help her with college. If she is still with him and en...
18 Year Old Son Wants His Freedom...
Asked by L.J. from Atlanta
on May 10, 2010
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We have a son (H/S senior) who will turn 18 next month (June). He is an excellent student (Honors/Gifted) who earned money to pay for half of his own car, pays his car...
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- Wow Mom, this must be breaking your heart! I'd like to say an otherwise good kid and focused student will survive a little rebellion, but if he is genetically predispo...
- Hi Mom, I think you are doing exactly the right thing. He is so sure that he wants to be an "adult" what that means in grownup speak is that he wants all the fun o...
- Thanks to a loss of wifi signal, my original message was lost, but I completely agree with Denise's original post. He can't have his complete freedom if he still ex...
Ok My 18 Year Old Son with Bad Temper Is Back Home
Asked by M.R. from El Paso
on September 28, 2010
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Hi everyone my 18 year old son is back home ask me sunday afternoon if he could come home, I said yes, he's a little quite and a little assamed I quest now what.
shou...
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- Hi Macio, I bet you are happy to have him back.. Time to start over (but do not forget) with your son. Until our daughter graduated from high school these were t...
- Welcome him back, but this is your home and you have rules. Let him know what the rules are and the consequences. Although being on his own for that amount of time a...
- Macio, Yes, you have to sit him down, and talk rules with him. He is an adult, and expectations have to be set accordingly. Also you have to agree on certain things...
Curfew and Consequence for 18 Year Old High School Girl
Asked by L.N. from Anchorage
on January 2, 2012
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My daughter just turned 18 on 12/20, and since, she has stayed overnight twice at her boyfriends house even though I have given her a 1am curfew. And she has yet to c...
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- There musts be something in the air about 18 this year. Several of my friends have relatives that feel the same way and have done the same thing. I guess it is calle...
- Something that worked OUTSTANDINGLY well in my mum's house (when we were teens and were flouncing about and disrespecting *common courtesy* of letting those who loved ...
- Stop with the ultimatums and start talking to her... remind her that you have to GIVE respect to GET respect and that you can discuss the house rules together if she f...
18 Year Old's Curfew?
Asked by M.D. from Seattle
on February 14, 2013
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Hello I am 18 years old and living with my parents. My parents only allow me to go out on weekends and even then I have to be home at 9:30 at the latest. I am very re...
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- What are your friends' curfews? Are you in school right now? I started working when I was 14 at a local banquet hall. When I was 16, I started working at a loc...
- I am sorry your parents have this early curfew. I wish parents would be realistic about what it is like to be able to trust the good kids. I feel like as a Senior ...
- Will you be moving out for college soon? If so, just bide your time. I know seems like ETERNITY but you'll make it. My mom wasn't to bad with rules until I was 18...
