I agree with you Star....Stoneheather has helped me a lot in understanding my own daughter.....and also to realize that just because a child rebels doesn't mean they don't love their parents.
My daughter goes through phases and a great deal of it depends on who she is hanging around. She had one friend who she got in so much trouble with. They broke curfew, skipped school and the police brought them home more than once. I thanked GOD when the other girl finally moved away.
I was also working a lot of hours which contributed to the free time she had to do what she wanted to without supervision. I too had the state come in and ask why she wasn't in school....and I didn't even know she was skipping! She was stealing the school letters out of the mailbox. I had no idea she was goofing off instead of going to school.
I can only imagine the heartbreak you are going though Star! Like Stoneheather said....your daughter will probably grow up to really regret the heartbreak and panic she put her family in.
I think until someone is a parent themselves...they have no idea how much their parents love them. After she has the baby....regardless if she sticks with the idea of giving it up for adoption or keeping it....it's very possible the whole thing will change her heart and she'll mature in a new way.
Is she getting proper medical care through a clinic or something?
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