
Quoting
oldsmom
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.