My friend's niece is a troubled teenager. She has been acting out for a while. My friend attributes it to her parents who are the type of parents who want to be friends with their kids. Lots of leeway, few consequences. The girl is brilliant, topping the scores on intelligence tests, attending a high school for gifted students. Nevertheless, she is trouble. Apparently she's been getting high. She was suspended from school for cursing out the principal. While she has always been difficult and belligerent, her behavior has steadily worsened with time.
Today my friend's niece hit her mother, more than once. Her father tried to intervene and she hit him too. The parents, on the advice of their "tough love" coach, called the police. The police arrested the girl, locked her up and have her slated for a psych eval.
My friend was at a loss because he was not really equipped to help the family but wanted so badly to be able to do something for them.
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