How to deal with a 17 year old who refuses to do things?
Maybe it is laundry that you stop doing, or letting him borrow the car – but he does need to know that he doesn’t have to like it to help out b/c that’s what family’s do. Good luck. no money, and you don’t make him dinner, do his laundry , give him rides, NOTHING, if he wants to be treated as an adult then stop babying him.
How to handle a 17 year old son?
As for him helping around the house, he already does his own laundry…. all of the kids do their own and have since about age 8 (although I helped when they were younger). He is pretty much a home body, so he usually doesn’t ask for any money, nor does he go out with friends. His friends actually hang out at our home most of the time.
Can a 17 year old refuse to do chores?
Chores are not options when you live with other people – they are helping out the family and that is his job at the moment. Maybe it is laundry that you stop doing, or letting him borrow the car – but he does need to know that he doesn’t have to like it to help out b/c that’s what family’s do.
What to do if your daughter refuses to come home?
Speak to your daughter’s friend’s parents and tell them that you want your daughter to come home. If they continue to let her stay with them, call the police. You can also call DCF. You can report your daughter as a runaway (she clearly is, she has run away from home even if you know where she is) and the friend’s parents are harboring…
Maybe it is laundry that you stop doing, or letting him borrow the car – but he does need to know that he doesn’t have to like it to help out b/c that’s what family’s do. Good luck. no money, and you don’t make him dinner, do his laundry , give him rides, NOTHING, if he wants to be treated as an adult then stop babying him.
Speak to your daughter’s friend’s parents and tell them that you want your daughter to come home. If they continue to let her stay with them, call the police. You can also call DCF. You can report your daughter as a runaway (she clearly is, she has run away from home even if you know where she is) and the friend’s parents are harboring…
As for him helping around the house, he already does his own laundry…. all of the kids do their own and have since about age 8 (although I helped when they were younger). He is pretty much a home body, so he usually doesn’t ask for any money, nor does he go out with friends. His friends actually hang out at our home most of the time.
Chores are not options when you live with other people – they are helping out the family and that is his job at the moment. Maybe it is laundry that you stop doing, or letting him borrow the car – but he does need to know that he doesn’t have to like it to help out b/c that’s what family’s do.
Why did my 17 year old daughter leave me?
I loved her so much, I told her constantly, I still do love her, always will. On 5th April I got a telephone call from a neighbour to say that my daughter’s boyfriend and his mother were at my house and taking her in the car to live with them. I got one call from her the day she left saying she still wanted relationship with me, I was her mum.
Why does my daughter not come home at night?
A teenage daughter who regularly does not come home at night is more than likely either spending it with someone, or something. Drugs, drinking, and sex are the three main reasons girls deceive their parents and stay out all night, in no particular order.
When does a teenager refuse to come home?
He says he has had enough of his dad and refuses to come home. My daughter is 16 (and a half lol). She has always been the perfect child – honor roll, preformance choir, drama club, guitar club, with no prior disciplinary issues.
Why does my 16 year old not want to come home?
When I ask my 16-year old son why he doesn’t want to be home, he says it’s because he’s a teenager. He at least now has a job, since he drives and is costing us money in car insurance and gas (he’ll now be paying some of.) He failed a class for the first semester, and that’s bad.