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Parents are supposed to be the people who love their kids unconditionally.
Sadly, its not the case for all children in the world.
Some parents tend to be abusive.
One of these people is todays storys OPs wife.
She has PTSD from her childhood abuse and has no contact with the abusers her parents.
Well, that was the case until her own daughter decided to invite them over.
They abused her up until she moved out at the age of 18.
To this day, she still suffers fromPTSDfrom it.
One day, the couples 16-year-old daughter asked to visit her grandparents from her moms side.
Both parents immediately said no, as these people didnt deserve any part in their lives.
So, the parents thought the situation was solved.
But they were wrong.
Then, suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
Turns out, it was the wifes parents.
Apparently, their granddaughter invited them.
The wife shouted at them to leave, and so the husband tried to push out the unwanted guests.
This resulted in her head hitting the wall to the extent that she needed stitches.
The OP screamed at her, telling her howselfishshe was.
She repeated that she thought her mom exaggerated and that reconnecting was supposed to be a good thing.
She didnt anticipate how evil they were.
After all, her decision ended up with her mom getting injured.
The daughter lost her parents trust.
That means she cant have a phone or visit friends until she earns the trust back.
Thats what prompted him to come on Reddit to ask for advice.
And a lot of people gave him advice.
Many of them assured him that he must stay on the course of the punishment he set.
Sarah Vanbuskirkprovides some tips on how to prevent future behavior troubles from teens.
One of the main ways to do this is to clearly communicate expectations.
So does her parents telling her she needs to earn their trust back.
Another tip provided by Sarah is to listen to the teen.
So, maybe the parents dealt with the situation quite properly as far as we know.
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