Teens with Step Parents              Reply to this Comment

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I have a daughter that is 16. I got remarried about 6 years ago and at first they got along great (she was 10). However, now, there is constant fighting. I think he picks to much and I think she is to mouthy. The combination is horrible. I need help.

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Billie, I too am in the same boat as you. Same situation. When I read your posting it felt like I was reading my own nightmare! If you find someone to help, please let me know and I'll do the same for you! Good luck.

Anger Management              Reply to this Comment

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Hi - I have a terrific 16 year old son - well, terrific 75% of the time - but that other 25% is what I'm worried about. I'm looking for a counselor in the NW part of Tucson who can help. We have BC/BS insurance but I just don't know where to find a counselor who is good with teens - any ideas?

teens              Reply to this Comment

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My daughter just started ninth grade, and she hasant seemed herself lately. She is always sad, i try to talk to her about her problems but she just tells me to go away. What do i do?

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My daughter (16 years-old/twin to a sister) is going through some things I seem useless to help with. She is mean, she seems depressed and more than anything, she seems to have difficulty making healthy friendships. She seems to pick one person and absolutely obsess about the person, usually a girl. I have read about "girl crushes" and this sounds possible, but it has caused problems at school and between me and the parents of the other girls. My daughter seems very immature to me, almost acting in many ways like her 8-year-old brother. I want to help her but know I need to tread carefully in this territory. I do not want to come across as attacking her. Please help.

my sister....              Reply to this Comment

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my sister and i have been in the middle of a devorce battle for 10 years and she seems to be taking it pretty hard on herself. She dosent feel good about herself and talks about death alot. How can i help her without making her feel worse?

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my daughter gets violent when angry              Reply to this Comment

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my 17 year old daughter has always been "moody" but it seems that over the last several months, she is having difficulty dealing with typical adolescent frustrations. her anger towards anything and anyone she feels gets in her way has escalated into violent outbursts which she directs towards me, her mother. most recently, a simple discpilinary action of revoking phone priveldges turned ugly when she hit me for taking it away (she was expecting a call from a boy who she's been talking to but never met in person. he lives 2000 miles away). my husband intervened and when he tried to restrain her, she tried to bite him. she continued to strike, violently kicking me aiming for my face but missing and getting my arm instead. it took both myself and my husband to restrain her from hurting herself and us. the whole time she was screaming and cussing at us. after she calmed down, she actually asked if she could have the phone back(she didnt). at the moment, my husband and i are sleeping in shifts in case she tries anything during the night like running away or trying to hurt herself or one of us. I've been up all night long tonight, watching over her. i understand she's stressed out as we have had come hurdles to jump recently. my husband and i both lost our jobs, my mother, who my daughter adores, was hospitalized these past few days and i know she was scared she might loose her grandma. as i said earlier, she has a "boyfriend" she's never met but talks to constently. she knows i am uneasy with it and we've talked about it over and over always with the same result in which she pleads to be allowed to make her own mistakes. she also has a very good group of girls to hang out with. so socially, she's got people around her.i've always made it a point to know her friends and thier parents as well as getting involved and supporting whatever activities she's involved in (colorguard, dance..etc) she's always done above average in school, has plans on going to college to study in the medical field. the trouble always seems to be whenever she is told she "cant have/do something" she knows there are boundries and is usually decent at keeping within them. she and i have always had an open line of communication and she has made told me on numerous occasions that she appreciates the fact that i'm not judgemental of her when she makes a mistake. but this last episode was not her typical "hissy fit" she's displaying a jeckyll and hyde persona and im extremely concerned about her emotional and mental well being.she is not on drugs nor does she drink. is this an extreme case of hormones gone wild? is her sense of entitlement to be above disciplinary action normal teenage behavior? as far as our family go, she lives with both her natural parents and her 15 year old brother who i know she loves very much even though they argue alot.