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Parenting isnt all sunshine and rainbows; sometimes, its about navigating tricky moral waters.
While teenagers are bound to make mistakes, what happens when those mistakes involve breaking someones heart?
Todays Original Poster (OP) was shocked when she found out her daughter was cheating on her boyfriend.
She now manages a new normal with her two daughters.
However, one day, the OP heard her daughter speaking with someone flirtatiously over the phone.
Despite this, her daughter maintained therelationshipwith her boyfriend, acting like nothing was amiss.
Watching his obliviousness to the situation, however, left the OP both disappointed and disgusted.
The OP eventually decided to confront her daughter, and she didnt deny her actions.
Instead, she brushed it off, claiming that it was her life and her business.
The OP made it clear to herdaughterthat cheating wasnt acceptable.
Her daughter naturally didnt take kindly to the restrictions and retreated to her dads house.
But this brought up new drama.
She received a call from her ex-husband, who had a different perspective and called her response an overreaction.
According to him, the OP was just projecting her bitterness over their own divorce onto their daughters situation.
They highlight that cheating at such an early stage is a very big problem.
There are various reasons why teens mightcheatin relationships.
Building on this, parents should guide teens through their relationship challenges.
In addition to offering support,parentscan help by teaching teens about the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships.
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