[mikester]

Seriously - take it away. The frustration you will face for taking it away will help you to hold your anger and the line against her discretions.

too often I see parents who can't hold the line against their child's indiscretions in life. I hope I'm better than that because in the end for the young ones the parents are responsible for their actions financially and any other way you can think of.

As Moses superbly stated in the last thread regarding this - there is no reason to trust a teenager regardless of how trustworthy they are.

I'm an Eagle Scout - I earned it when I was 17 - soon after my 18th birthday I totaled my mom's brand new car. Just because I'm a "responsible" teenager doesn't mean I'm trustworthy it only means that when the adults are watching I make the right choices.

Freedom does not extend to teenagers who are the responsibility of their parents. She's going to be mad at you - deal with it (of course you know this).