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Emancipating a 17 year old?

  • My 17 year old is desperate to get out from under our roof - ie - 'control'. She sees our caring guidance as a form of punishment and restrictive control. Typical for a 17 year old if you ask me. My fear is that she may run away from home to "stay" with friends and then never finish HS. Obviously, we want what is best for her. She has no REAL concept of money/finances, so I really don't think she could support herself just yet. No transportation and she's about to lose her license. The only family she has nearby that she could opt to stay with are too dysfunctional and would not be of good service to her. At the same time, I don't think keeping her as a dependent for the next 20 years is an option.

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    She can only be emancipated if she proves that she can stand on her own and that you are unfit parents. Since you are not, then she's just going to have to deal. And this is typical behavior for a seventeen year old. She'll either grow out of it or she'll realize she has little to no money and no one else's parents are going to want to support her forever.

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Send her to Africa for a week and she'll learn what real punishment and harship is like.

The next 20 years? What age does one become an adult in the US? In the UK she'd be free from your control when she turns 18 and I'd just tell her to stop being so ungrateful and wait.

Talk to her explain your expectation's, and listen to her there is Always a way to compromise. if she will not compromise then tough love is needed.

she can only get emancipated if she can prove to the courts that she's financially stable. if she runs away then you can always call the cops and report her as a run away and they'll bring her home.

you should say u have emancipaated her follow her around and then she will opriciate you

at 17 she should have a real concept of money so obviously your restricting her so much that she hasnt been able to learn these types of things this is what over protectivness does it stops the person learning what they need to know to be able to survive in this world and then once they do get free they get a taste of what they have been mising and go wild just like my parents im out that door the moment im 18 i get the protectiveness but when theres too much controll and you dont let them make their own mistakes. they never learn if you baby them dont expect them to suddenly be mature

It should pass. But you should try talk about it. Work out a compromise that both of you are happy with.

Does she have reason for being emancipated ...have the resources and have a GREAT attorney ,,Then go for it..IF NOT GL ;)

she should be able to know/take responsibility in-order to live on her own.

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