Calling the cops, or threatening to is about the worst thing you can do. There is ver little they will be able to do as long as she is not breaking any laws, and threatening it will just blow your bluff out of the water if it ever gets to the stage when you try calling them and theres nothing they can do. I'm not familiar with these peace bonds you mentioned, but if its anything like a restraining order or a no contact order -- highly unlikely you will be able to justify getting one with a judge.
I'm not a parent, and i don't try to play one on the internet, but it sounds to me like there needs to be some discipline laid down. Take away privledges, require her home at certain times -- its your house; she's the daughter, you're the mother -- its time for her to understand that. If she doesn't come home, sign her as a runaway -- then there is something the cops can do, albeit not much. 15 is near the driving age, use that as a discussion point that if she expects you to sign off for her to get a provisional license anytime before she is 18, there needs to be some trust and respect devolped before you're going to give her that responsibility.
If she is involved in criminal activities with her friends, then maybe it is time to involve the police. If she or her friends are arrested, one stipulation of probation could very well be no association or contact with the other people involved which would address the poor friend choice influence on her. It would also involve some level of the juvenile counceling agency of your state which might give you some support in dealing with her.
Regarding shipping her off to a boot camp type program -- do a search ont his board for those camps, theres some very good threads about why those are not a great idea and you need to be very careful about screening any program like that you are considering for the mental and physical safety of your daughter.
Last edited by Anexkahn; 05-24-2005 at 03:08 AM..
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