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What rights do parents have to discipline their child?

Asked by Patty_Melt (17513points) May 11th, 2018

My daughter is a teenager.
Nothing works for her.
Laws tell us we can’t spank our kids, starve our kids, lock our kids in a closet..
Not that I am wanting to do any of those things, but why don’t they tell us what we CAN do, when a teen pays no regard whatsoever to home rules?
I have talked at length with her about why this, and the purpose of that.
I took my daughter’s phone once. She tried to grab it from me, and shoved me down. She was so furious she crushed it in my hand, cutting me on the shattered screen.
She then accused me of breaking her phone.

I called her boss and explained the the job was causing her to be more difficult than ever. They agreed to terminate her employment. Now she tells me her hours were increased.
She actually shares an account with a friend so I don’t have any say in how she spends.
I can’t get her to any kind of therapy, unless I hire a strong-arm to drag her there.
She comes and goes any hour of day and night.
School is the one thing she has been responsible about, but I got a text today that she skipped a class.

She makes me think about the moms of school shooters, etc. because I imagine some of them must have struggled with their badittude kid and didn’t feel the had any legal way to control the bad behavior.

I could use some real help here. BS will be flagged.

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