I've just read Wisterias thread about 14yo DD lying but didn't want to hijack it. There are a lot of points brought up about how much freedom to give a teenager that strike a cord with me.
My 15yo DD has no social life outside of school. She has plenty of friends in school but she has no contact with them outside of school and seems to spend most of her spare time shut away in her room. She won't make any effort to contact them and they don't call for her anymore. She says that it is my fault for not allowing her out after dark and that her friends make fun of her for being a mummys girl.
DD is sensible, doesn't want to drink and is dead against smoking. I know that she won't have sex because (her words) she can't even put a tampon in. I know that I can trust her, but I worry because she is very niave and gullible.
I want to give her more freedom. The problem is my husband, her stepfather. He sees groups of girls hanging around in gangs and he is determined that she isn't going to be one of them. He is very strict and overbearing and I can't fight him. DD is very moody and hates us, I feel sorry for her but feel helpless and cross that she takes it out on me. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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15yo DDs lack of social life and freedom
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dragonstitcher · 15/10/2007 10:55
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