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  1. #21
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    Default Re: Can I Ground My 14 Year Old Until She Turns 18

    Quote Quoting whathappensafter
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    I don't want to physically hurt her.
    You won't. She doesn't exist.

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    Default Re: Is There a Time Limit on How Long You Can Ground Your Teenaged Child

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    My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Colorado

    Hey everyone. This is whathappensafter's mother here. After confiscating my daughter's laptop and going through the history i found this site. She had her password for it saved and I am appalled at what she has been posting here. My husband and I have decided we need to get her straightened out before she ends up in juvenile detention. We have considered grounding her until she's 18 (or until we trust her again, whatever happens first) but is it legal to have her grounded for 4 years? As she has posted, she is living a minimalist life right now with no electronics or technology and has no makeup or jewelry and only changes of weather appropriate clothing.

    We feel like grounding her for a long period time is the only thing that will work but we need to make sure we aren't breaking any laws. She threatened to call CPS on us already.
    I am going to take the high road and assume you actually are the parent.

    As the parent, it is not your job to make your daughter happy, in spite of what society says.

    It is your job to make them capable of being an adult.

    This means doing whatever you think makes sense to keep the kid developmentally growing into maturity, and out of danger.

    Internet, cell phones and cars are not your obligation, in spite of what the other kids have. In fact, we made all of my kids EARN internet time, and it was always in the living room. We also had full spyware so we could track every single action on the computer. In the rare circumstance when we did give one of them a cell phone, it was a flip phone, it was GPS'd, monitored, and texting was turned off.

    Food is whatever YOU want to cook. You are not required to do anything other than to provide nutrition. Taste is optional.

    But the one thing that is absolutely mandatory to make a HEALTHY adult is LOVE. It's not legally required, but it is necessary if you want her to become functional.

    So yes, grounding is fine. Heck, so is military school or a nunnery. But try to make sure she understand that you are doing it because you care about her.

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    Default Re: Can I Ground My 14 Year Old Until She Turns 18

    I agree with cbg. Let her suffer the consequences when the Judge doesn't approve. Whatever the court order might order will be out of your control. She will have no choice but to do as the court tells her or suffer more consequences. After a point, they may put her in juvenile detention. That will be an education for her

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    Default Re: Is There a Time Limit on How Long You Can Ground Your Teenaged Child

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    I am going to take the high road and assume you actually are the parent.

    As the parent, it is not your job to make your daughter happy, in spite of what society says.

    It is your job to make them capable of being an adult.

    This means doing whatever you think makes sense to keep the kid developmentally growing into maturity, and out of danger.

    Internet, cell phones and cars are not your obligation, in spite of what the other kids have. In fact, we made all of my kids EARN internet time, and it was always in the living room. We also had full spyware so we could track every single action on the computer. In the rare circumstance when we did give one of them a cell phone, it was a flip phone, it was GPS'd, monitored, and texting was turned off.

    Food is whatever YOU want to cook. You are not required to do anything other than to provide nutrition. Taste is optional.

    But the one thing that is absolutely mandatory to make a HEALTHY adult is LOVE. It's not legally required, but it is necessary if you want her to become functional.

    So yes, grounding is fine. Heck, so is military school or a nunnery. But try to make sure she understand that you are doing it because you care about her.
    This isn't the parent. It also isn't the child. It's a troll who's been plaguing ExpertLaw for several months now, posting crazy lies, and sending juvenile PMs to some of the expert volunteers. Her other usernames are lp101, lollipops and freegirl.

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    Default Re: Is There a Time Limit on How Long You Can Ground Your Teenaged Child

    Well my daughter went to court with the nose ring in. The judge didn't seem to mind. She has to do community service and has been fined as well. Can she get her record expunged when she's older?

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    Default Re: Is There a Time Limit on How Long You Can Ground Your Teenaged Child

    That depends on her behavior between now and age 18. Can she stay out of trouble that long?

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