If alcoholic, you’ve already lost her. Now, bring her back.
NOVEMBER 2004
Dear Doug: Drunk daughter loses privileges
Dear Doug,
After our 17-year-old daughter Mandy came home from a party drunk, we grounded her. She now complains she will lose all her friends, tells us everyone thinks we're rotten parents, says she hates us and limits her conversation with us to monosyllabic responses.
We can't trust our own daughter. Mandy has repeatedly lied to us. However, while we know we must be firm, we are afraid of losing her. We are in counseling but wonder if there is anything else we can do.
Signed,
Suffering Parent
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Dear Suffering Parent,
Other columnists might say that the punishment is fair and discipline must be offered with love ...
