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@seanni Thanks for this input, I really appreciate it

@iffsiisolsos Yep, we had a suicide attempt this summer. Did an inpatient program for a week. She’s on an antidepressant now and was doing SO MUCH BETTER w her behavioral issues. Then this month it just came crashing back down. Honestly, so many parents in this thread are saying that taking away...

@oommenphilip Thank you for all the great ideas and opinions. I truly appreciate it

@trentak Thank you so much. We’re starting family therapy next week, hoping it helps us sort through some of these issues.

@greenbird Well, 6 is worlds away from 12 - whether you realize it now or not. She was a very well behaved child too until puberty hit. Parenting is fucking easy UNTIL they get to an age where they have autonomy and begin testing boundaries. That is developmentally normal, although in our case...

@danikah I like this perspective. Do you think it’s appropriate to not let her go to the school event today, (as that would be in response for the disrespect last night) ? I could try to enforce consequences the day of, from here on out.

@weirdmojo Okay :) Thanks for the affirmation!

@lifeisablessing Such a great perspective, and I love the advice. Thank you

@donddc47xxx Yeah :/ and I want to do better from here on out. But I don’t want to give disproportionate consequences, and Parenting blogs don’t give examples for this kind of behavior 🫣😅

So true. and seriously, thank you for empathizing

@altrechts 🙏 thanks for the advice I struggle with parenting, I grew up in an abusive and neglectful home, where there were no rules. So setting boundaries / appropriate consequences hasn’t been a strong point for me.

My daughter (12) doesn’t respect me as an authority figure, and it’s spreading to school / other authorities. This week has been really difficult, I’ll spare the drama, but she essentially wouldn’t take no for an answer - lied / gaslit me - and then went into a fit of rage because I wouldn’t...