Teenage is not an easy face for any kid in this world regardless of their demographics, economic status, or any other factor. This is the phase when your hormonal shift sort of makes you hate everything you loved but doesn’t really tell you what interests of yours will become your next passion. So the complexities keep increasing and you end up seeing so many teenagers under an identity crisis. This is the experimental phase that results in teenagers being rebellious and doing the exact opposite of what their parents tell them to do.
That is exactly what happened in the case of Reddit user u/No-Policy-6’s teenage daughter who once sneaked out to go to a college party with two of her friends. Upon reaching there they didn’t feel comfortable so she decided to call OP to come pick them up. Her worried mother quickly rushed to a spot she told them to get together at and arrived there in about 20 minutes. On the ride back home OP remained extremely quiet, just didn’t say a single word while her daughter kept apologizing.
Upon reaching home parents imposed some really harsh punishments on their daughter by taking her phone away and grounding her for 4 months in an attempt to change her behavior. Scroll down below to read the story!
1. What went wrong? Let’s find out.
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2. OP’s daughter has recently been very rebellious, doing all sorts of things parents tell their kids not to do.
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3. One day she returned home from the movies before her curfew time and went straight to her room saying she had a migraine and wanted to rest.
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4. Her father checked up on her about an hour later and saw that she was about to go to sleep.
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5. OP and her husband went to sleep and at about 1 a.m. they received a message from their daughter containing emojis that the family had decided would mean the person sending is in trouble.
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6. She had also given OP a call but she couldn’t receive it. While calling back OP walked into her room and her daughter was not in there.
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7. Finally she contacted her daughter who said she had snuck out to go to a college party.
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8. They felt unsafe at the party so OP asked her mother to pick them up. OP told them to go to a nearby spot and she picked them all up.
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9. As OP opened the car’s door she started taking all fault on herself.
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10. They could have gotten stuck in a terrible situation if you think about it.
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11. OP didn’t speak a single word throughout the journey. She dropped OP’s friends off and continued on toward home.
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12. OP kept apologizing to her mother throughout the ride but she didn’t react or say anything.
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13. They finally reach home and OP along with her husband thank their daughter for doing exactly what they told her to do if she was in any sort of emergency.
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I am glad the parents didn’t burst outright on her and calmed her down first. What happens next is a different story that we will get to know in just a second but I like the approach taken so far. Sneaking out is not okay in any condition. You cannot blame it on “Oh, that is what teenagers do”. They may do it, a lot of them but it still is not acceptable.
Let’s see what happened next. Scroll down below to continue reading!
14. Parents took their girl’s phone and sent her to her room. OP received a few messages from the parents of the other kids that OP picked up. One thanked her, while the other never wanted their daughter to meet OP’s daughter again.
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15. Parents decide to impose some hard punishments on their daughter but were really anxious to know why their daughter had started behaving like this.
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16. She even quit gymnastics, a sport she was really passionate about and wanted to pursue as a career.
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17. It is a good thing that the parents are concerned and really want to know what has caused this behavioral change in their daughter.
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Here are some of the comments shared on the story:
18. Those punishments are not something that would change that behavior, they would reinforce it.
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19. These parents really need to work on their policies.
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20. They really don’t want their daughter to change.
21. They really need to focus on finding out what happened. Imposing punishment will make it tough to get to those findings.
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Here’s an update OP shared:
22. I am glad OP apologized to her daughter and the parents had a sincere talk with their daughter.
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23. OP also shared they have reduced the harshness of their punishments.
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24. Their daughter finally opened up about an identity crisis she was going through and that is what caused such a moving change in her life. Her parents assured her she will soon find something that will bring back comfort in her life.
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25. She shared some interest in doing a part-time job and her parents fully supported the idea. They even gave her phone back and expected things to only get better from that point onwards.
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