You're going to have to deal with it. Your D is 16, she is capable of staying home while you go out for dinner or a movie.
IF you demand...you are going to get upset for them not..ahem...listening to you i.e. doing what you told them to do, and they are going to run further away from you.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK
