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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You do need to talk to your daughter, but not necessarily in a 'formal' way. Try and arrange some time when the two of you are alone - a 'girlie night in' is deal - slushy DVD, chocs, that kind of sceario. This leads to the kind of relaxed atmosphere You need.
Sometime during the evevning, say how nice it is that you can spend time like this - remind her how frantic modern life is, and there is often no time to just sit and relax together.
Ask her outright if she is happy - and you can guage by her reaction whether or not to pursue the conversation or not. If it's 'not' - tell her that you are always there for her, and she can tell you anything, and make shure you accepnt the 'anything'.
That's all you can do - be there for her, and see if she comes to you. If not, ask another relative or friend to try and have a word, but at this age, girls are incredibly sensitive and private, so just keep an eye on her generally, and see how things go. I'm on my third teenage daughter - I sympathise!
Is there any chance she is being bullied? My grades plummetted when I was bullied at school and my cousin went from model student to dropout when he was bullied at college.
I agree with everyone else re: talking to her in a non-threatening, roundabout way. Mind you, I think the mid-teens are an absolutely vile age to be...