What do you do with a teenager that will not do as she is told?
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"Power is an agreement." When people learn this (they are called "Teenagers"), they realize that they don't have to agree anymore.
Instead of trying to change your teen, try to figure out how you can change you. How can you work with your teens strengths - influence her. Or, how can you present things that disuade her from doing the "wrong" thing.
You need to develop a new game plan...
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Give her some space to be an individual while at the same time setting ground rules that are inflexible in the important areas. For example, does it really matter that her room is immaculately clean at all times? Probably not, so let her keep it as she likes with the ground rule that her stuff has to be in her room and anything like food or beverages have to be kept cleaned up at all times and leave it there.
Also, it would probably be good to sit down and REALLY talk to her. Let her take the lead and ask her to be brutally honest and DO NOT react back. It takes a lot to do that, but it will go a long way toward her respecting you.
If she doesn't/won't open up sitting in the house, take her on a drive. She will probably be more open and relaxed because she is not sitting and looking directly at you. It's a tactic I use with my son when he is tight lipped about his day. He actually has come to feel comfortable enough to talk to me in the house, but when something is really bothering him, he'll come to me and ask to go for a ride.
None of these things are magic bullets, but they may help ease some of the tension.
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EDIT: Also, revoking car privileges does wonders.
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M$I don't see why this method wouldn't work for a teen as well. Put her "favorite toy" in time out until you get the results you desire.
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M$(2) Hold to the general rule that people who live under your roof have to follow your rules, good or not so good. But be prepared to kids flying out of the coop.
(3) the most useful thing you can do is listen to your kid FIRST, My parents had all the answers, and I still resent it, fifty years later, because I never did anything "wrong".
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If it's not quite as bad as that, maybe just try permanently grounding him/her(it doesn't have to really be permanent, but it sends a huge message.)
For most teens, there will be a time in their life when they will outrageously rebel. Personally, I believe you have two options, and neither is better than the other.
One is to be on their back 24/7. Don't let them do anything or say anything without you being there to see it and hear it. They will absolutely hate you for it, but that harsh side is the only and best way to exert your absolute control over them, and they will eventually be forced to chill out.
The other option is to lean back. Let them do whatever they want for a while and allow them to suffer the consequences. If they get arrested or punished by others, then extol them and tell them that that's what they get for being foolish. Sometimes, kids need to learn things the hard way, and you can't always teach them that.
http://www.aspeneducationgroup.com/boardingschools%5Fa/?gclid=COXP54DWzZcCFRxNagodd0_IDQ
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