Has anyone found a good source of advice with teenagers?

[tatt]

Mine are giving me cause for concern. This is especially so with my daughter who has an online "boyfriend". No problems at school where she is seen as a good student, just quiet. She has been very badly bullied in the past but has some good friends now. In my view the problem stems from being physically and emotionally immature. She has many symptoms of dyspraxia but because her education is not suffering we can get no help with the social issues.

She is very independent and strong minded and will not listen to us.

[PuzzleRocks]

Bumping for you.

[tatt]

thanks. I've just been reading a lot of the teenage threads in the hope that someone has said it before. But the best I've found is mention of the "how to talk so teens will listen" book - and suggestions that maybe they will muddle through regardless.

[lessonlearned]

I can highly recommend "What can the parent of a teenager do?" by Michael and Terry Quinn, Published by the Family Caring Trust.

[mumblechum]

How old is she, and how old is the online boyfriend? Has she ever met him?

[tatt]

they are supposed to be the same age, but who knows. We offered to arrange a meeting but they haven't met. He lives several hours travel away.

Not the sort of boy we'd want to encourage if he lived locally - smokes, drinks, fights - but we know attempting to ban these things only makes them cover their tracks better.

Unfortunately my teens emotional age is about 12!