[b][i][color=#FF0000][/color][size=4][/size]Hey! I have been through my share of issues, even as young as i am ( teen ) :) andI can help with any issues, even the most ridiculous!:P ;) :laugh: [/b][/i][color=#FF0000][/color]

I oft have a grammatical form of OCD. Please fix your post. :P (and that's probably the most ridiculous issue you'll find lol) Post edited by: MisterNathan, at: 2006/10/22 15:36

Post edited by: MisterNathan, at: 2006/10/22 23:44

I need to ask you something so send me a message :whistle:

oh yea? how do you convince your boyfriend that he's making a mistake by breaking up w/ you?....

Ok, what do you do when you have this gigantic crush on a Christian guy in one of your classes, but he just moved to your area and you don't wanna creep him out by asking him out or anything like that?

any advice for a mom of a straying 17 yr old daughter? Is it good to insist she goes to church or am I doing more harm than good?:S

Depends are your relationship with your daughter.... my mother couldn't say anything to me that i would've listen to because her example to me wasn't what she requested me to do. She would live a life of the most disrespectful... ungreatful and distasteful person i know. Yet she would demand me to live to such higher standards. Yet she was completely awful to her mother and the way she lead her life out of church didn't make me want to be anything like her. I had to find my reason for being a faithful follower of Christ. My mother was a children's pastor and it really alter my prespective of ministry and made me never want to go into it. I'm not sure you were looking for me to tell you my story... I think that if you guys have a good relationship... sit down and talk about why you have been pushing her so hard to go to church. If you dont... i wouldn't push her too hard.. maybe talk to so of her old Christian friends and see if they have any influence. Being the mom and pushing her.. might leave her never wanting to go to church when she is older and its her choice.

[b]jill324 wrote:[/b] [quote]any advice for a mom of a straying 17 yr old daughter? Is it good to insist she goes to church or am I doing more harm than good?:S[/quote] at 17(the age i am now) you start wanting to have your own life and beliefs. some move away from their parents beliefs and get into bad things and learn the hard way. some move away from their parents beliefs and find Christ for themself. you as her mother, cant infuence her to do what she doesnt want to. at this age, kids are most hard-headed(i know because i am). if you force her, she will hate it, and if you havnt raised her well enough growing up, you probably cant to anything right now. friends are probably her biggest influence, other than God, who is the most essential influence. i rebelled from God when i was about 13 and got into alot of bad things. God had to break me down to nothing before i could start new. my parents really had no influence on my life, besides for me learning from their mistakes. i would say try to get her to go without forcing her, and if she wont listen to you at all, you might just have to let her go. but dont just let go and forget it. always be availible. thats about the best i can think of for that... but, im still in that hard-headed stage... so take my advice causiously.

Thank you so much. Your response was so helpful. That's about where I'm at now. I think I need to let her go. She is about ready to quit school, with my permission, and get her GED. The school administration have worked so hard with her and she just doesn't appreciate it. She doesn't participate in class, hates school, and is disrepectful. Truthfully I think I've protected her too much these past few years. She has never been able to learn from her mistake because I was always there to protect her, to bail her out, etc. You sound like you're very adult for your age. Your parents are very lucky. Stay close to God...