First I want to say--Mama you know I love you!!!!!!!
As far as your daughter goes, I know you love her and want the best for her, which at times the best thing is hard to do. I left home at a very young age--15 and came back a short time at 16(after leaving foster care--only a few months I stayed home). I also became pregnant at 17. I wasn't lucky enough to have any family backing. So, I got married and went through very hard times. One thing I can tell you is I learned alot about life and the reality of having to support a family, not to mention how expensive it is to have child. We had to get help from the gov. for a while, and to me it was a very pride swallowing experience.
Mama, she is wanting to play adult, but still act like a child--going out,leaving you with the child, and be rebellious. If she wants to play adult she has to be given the full treatment. She will see it isn't easy and will see, maybe not now--but later, how easy she had it at home. Let her go. She may suprise you. She may pull it off, or maybe she will see how much of a lack of responsibility the father is showing by not working. This will be good for her and for your family. She needs to learn, as we all do at times--the hard way. As others have stated you have 5 other children and they need your attention, and an environment that is full of bickering and fighting due to someone's lack of repect for the household doesn't benifit anyone.
Hang in there Mama, it will be ok. I had this road before, it was hard, but I made it through and am very happy for the lessons I learned and the experience I have, and now I am very happy and my son is well taken care of.
Love,
Jesika
