So glad I'm not raising kids in this era.
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14 years old is a tough age.
I suggest trying to setup opportunities for you and your daughter to just have serious talks or experiences together. plan something out of the ordinary. Talk to her about what you think a good woman is. Be honest about why things didn't work out with her mother. Tell her the things you love about her mother even though things didn't work out. Tell her what sort of a man she should marry and what qualities she should seek in a husband. Talk to her about your faith in God. Some serious talk without it being too forced. Some father daughter time without distractions, friends, interruptions, gadgets, phones, etc. Mention some mistakes you made in your life that you would like for her to avoid making. Mention some things she did or qualities about her that make you proud. Positive reinforcement. Setup some goals for her, or ask her what her goals are and choose a few that you find worthy enough to support her in accomplishing.
This is all great advice and if i had the resources to do so, i would start my own company, or my whole crew would start a new company and leave tbis boss wondering where to find more people to work so he can pay for his million dollar house and absurd coke habit. We are all sick of his bullshit.
My daughter is sixteen, so only a year and change until shes 18 and can do what she wants from threre. We have always been able to find fun her whole life with very little money, but suddenly after the COVID bullshit, she hates me, outside, and any rule, no matter how mundane or tiny. Something psycolohical occurred with a lot of school aged kids that i have noticed myself. We should be slittling these bitches throats in the streets for what they did to the WHOLE FUCKING WORLD FOR PROFIT. Such scumbag faggots!
Anyway, thanks for your ACTUAL input and the company thing may come to be regardless. We could all be making three times what we are. You cant tell me our prices havent doubled just like EVERYTHING ELSE ON EARTH. Why have our wages stayed the same? We are all struggling!!! We have told him so. At what point does it become exploitation?
I know first hand what a bunch of bullshit public education is, but st the same time, i still talk to some of those people. There just aren't a ton of options and spewing about how im a Neanderthal for sending my kid to public school and having no alternatives to offer just seems like a dick move. Money WAS an issue and still is. Private school isnt really an option, and is that the better way to go? Debatable.
It's very difficult to home school as a single parent. You basically have to be in business for yourself or have a work from home job. Not many places let you bring your kid to work with you. And leaving a teenager home alone they are going to do anything but school work while unsupervised.
At age 16, I remember not wanting to listen to my father and finding faults in him. It was sinful of me because I'm supposed to honor him. I went through a rebellious phase. That rebellious phase was dangerous, surrounded me with bad people, experimentation with drugs, chasing the wrong kind of women, etc. I survived it and got past it and focused my effort at about age 22.
Anyways, I hope you work it out with your daughter. This world tries so hard to corrupt young women. She's not going to want to hang out with you much at age 16. So it's important to just try to help her meet good friends.
The key is probably communication. There's lots you probably want to say to her that you can't because it might be awkward or she is resistant to listening. There's probably some feelings she has bottled up inside that she doesn't feel comfortable talking to you about. Getting people to open up requires some skill.
I'm a father too. My kids aren't teenagers yet, but I'm learning my way. The fact we are even discussing this means you are a good father who cares about your daughter.