How do I help my 18 year accept responsibilties?

Dont take away privelidges…well not many she will resent you especcialy not the boyfriend!!! why is he staying on the couch anyway if shes 18? :S no offence…she may live in your home…guess she should respect your wishes…but shes 18…she may be immature…but she is still legally an adult. if she wants to stay at her boyfreinds..whats wrong with that? 18…21…not much age diff. if you wanna give her responsiblities ask her to do more around the house tell her if shes to stay in your home then she is to respect you and not call you names. I make no sense right now…yehh.

Let her do things alone, ket her learn how hard life is the rough way… if she is not being mature like the adult she is then just don’t give her money put her to work and have her do everything on her own so she can see if it really is that easy outhere…

GOOD LUCK:)

Well im 17 and I used to be that way.. Start taking away impotant things from her.. phone.. privilage of seeing her boyfriend… things like that.. make her take up her responsibilities to make her earn back her privalages. … thats what my mom did and it worked for me.. Hope that helped comming from a 17 yr old!!

Thanks lovleyleeanne- WE have tried some of those…house phone, computer, cell phone, it works for a while.. but it really got worse when she turned the magical age of 18!!! She also suffers from SAD (seasonal affective disorder…).she gets depressed seasonally… Aug-December and takes meds for that. She also has slight bi-polar tendencies and is also gifted—smart but lacks a lot of common sense!!!. She is a Senior in high school plus takes post secondary classes at college. She will asmost be a sophmore in College when she graduates from high school. She is also the Captain of the Varsity Cheerleading squad. She has so much going for her but we are so afraid she is going to make wrong choices…

just dont give her money make her see that you are in charge not her