Daughter went for public humiliation of her parents.
Got busted by Dad .. publicly.
Hopefully she learned a few things from it.
I have raised two, daughter and son
.. I told my son to get out when he was 16, he was a total jerk to his mom and I.
We are friends now, he is in his 40's.
Daughter has 5 kids of her own.
I have no idea how she manages, two were quite enough for us.
Coupla things I picked up along the way:
Kids .. most go through a war of independence in their teens.
Parent means just that.
Not best friends, not milquetoast.
If a Parent doesn't set boundaries/expectations and hold the child to them then they are not doing their job.
Discipline has to be a procedure, not spur of the moment rage.
The Parent has to be consistent, ie: 'I won't tell you a 3rd time' ..etc.
If a kid developes as a spoiled brat others will have to step in eventually to provide adult supervision.
-GE aka Frank (just my 2 copper)