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featuring Parenting Advice, Child
Care and Child Raising Advice. Sara
not only has children and grand
children, but also has a degree in
Psychology, a masters degree in
Family Counseling and was a family
specialist in Lousville, Ky for more
than 10 years.
featuring Parenting Advice, Child
Care and Child Raising Advice. Sara
not only has children and grand
children, but also has a degree in
Psychology, a masters degree in
Family Counseling and was a family
specialist in Lousville, Ky for more
than 10 years.
Dear Sara answers parenting and child raising
questions from readers, new columns are
posted on Mondays and Thursdays, this column
was published August 20, 2009
Dear Sara,
After my daughter graduated high
school and turned 18, she is always
out with friends/classmates until
early morning 3 times a week. She
says they are her age. She does not
want us saying anything because
she is now 18 and says she knows
what she is doing.
We don’t want to throw her out of
the house because she is still very
young and we want her to go to
college. What are we supposed to
do so that she will come back to her
senses? We love her so much.
Very Upset Mom
Dear Very Upset Mom,
At 18 years old kids begin to think
that they are able to take care of
themselves and they know what is
best. They need to have this kind of
self confidence or they would never
leave the nest.
Now that your daughter has had
some freedom, she won’t want to give
it up. Apparently she still lives with
you and is still financially dependent
on you to some extent, so you may
have some control there. If she
doesn’t have a job yet, you could let
her know that unless she comes
home at an hour that you consider
reasonable, you will cut off the money
that you give her.
If she is on her way to college soon,
you won’t have much control over her
there either. Throwing her out of the
house at this point is not a good
idea. At least now you know where
she is and that she is safe.
If your daughter is driving your car,
you should make sure her late nights
don’t include drinking and driving.
Check her out when she comes home
at night and make sure that she is
sober. If she isn’t then you should
take away her car keys.
There is only so much you can do
here. This is the time that you have
to hope that you have done a good
job with parenting because she is
about to be on her own. She has had
a taste of freedom, so it would be
very difficult to rein her in at this
point. Kids want to be with their
friends and hang out , so if she isn’t
getting into trouble your best bet may
be to let things go on as they are for
now. When she goes off to college
she will have to settle down some.
You have to love them and let them
go at some point.
Sara
questions from readers, new columns are
posted on Mondays and Thursdays, this column
was published August 20, 2009
Dear Sara,
After my daughter graduated high
school and turned 18, she is always
out with friends/classmates until
early morning 3 times a week. She
says they are her age. She does not
want us saying anything because
she is now 18 and says she knows
what she is doing.
We don’t want to throw her out of
the house because she is still very
young and we want her to go to
college. What are we supposed to
do so that she will come back to her
senses? We love her so much.
Very Upset Mom
Dear Very Upset Mom,
At 18 years old kids begin to think
that they are able to take care of
themselves and they know what is
best. They need to have this kind of
self confidence or they would never
leave the nest.
Now that your daughter has had
some freedom, she won’t want to give
it up. Apparently she still lives with
you and is still financially dependent
on you to some extent, so you may
have some control there. If she
doesn’t have a job yet, you could let
her know that unless she comes
home at an hour that you consider
reasonable, you will cut off the money
that you give her.
If she is on her way to college soon,
you won’t have much control over her
there either. Throwing her out of the
house at this point is not a good
idea. At least now you know where
she is and that she is safe.
If your daughter is driving your car,
you should make sure her late nights
don’t include drinking and driving.
Check her out when she comes home
at night and make sure that she is
sober. If she isn’t then you should
take away her car keys.
There is only so much you can do
here. This is the time that you have
to hope that you have done a good
job with parenting because she is
about to be on her own. She has had
a taste of freedom, so it would be
very difficult to rein her in at this
point. Kids want to be with their
friends and hang out , so if she isn’t
getting into trouble your best bet may
be to let things go on as they are for
now. When she goes off to college
she will have to settle down some.
You have to love them and let them
go at some point.
Sara