Bed wetting at her age means physical or emotional problems. I highly doubt she's doing it intentionally. Your desire to punish her for something that she can't help is deeply disturbing.

Punish? Unless she's intentionally hiking up her leg and urinating on your furniture, it's not an issue of discipline. Get her to a doctor and find out if there's a medical - or psychological - reason she cannot hold her bladder in her sleep.

Punishing a kid for bedwetting won't solve it, you might try getting her checked for a medical condition, there are conditions that will cause night time urination, or poor bladder control, if its not medical it might be an emotional problem. Either way discipline isn't going to fix the problem.

I don't think you should punish her. At that age, it's either a psychological or a physical issue. You need to take her to the doctor. This could be a life long thing that she cannot control and punishing her is not going to help but probably make it worse. If this is something that just started, it's likely that she's experiencing something psychological that warrants a counselor.

Please don't punish her at all, because she's probably not doing it, deliberately. Enuresis (say "en-yur-ee-sis") is the medical term for bed-wetting during sleep. Bed-wetting is fairly common and is often just a developmental stage. Bed-wetting is more common among boys than girls. Some of the causes of bed-wetting include the following: •Genetic factors (it tends to run in families) •Difficulties waking up from sleep •Stress •Slower than normal development of the central nervous system (which reduces the child's ability to stop the bladder from emptying at night) •Hormonal factors (not enough antidiuretic hormone is produced, which is the hormone that slows urine production at night) •Urinary tract infections •Abnormalities in the urethral valves in boys or in the ureter in girls or boys •Abnormalities in the spinal cord •A small bladder Bed-wetting is not a mental or behavior problem. It doesn't happen because the child is too lazy to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. Treat it the same way you would treat ANY childhood illness or physical problem: with love, compassion, empathy and understanding. As bothersome as this problem may be to you, it is 100x more bothersome TO HER. Please get her to a Urologist or OBGYN as soon as possible, so they can help Taylor with this problem she is having. It IS treatable, and the very BEST way to treat it, is with LOTS OF LOVE. Don't make her feel worse than she already does, because believe me, she feels much worse about it, than you do. +5

Do you really think a fifteen year old wants to be wetting the bed? Do you really think that wetting the bed isn't humiliation enough at that age? If a fifteen year old is wetting the bed, there is either something physically wrong or mentally wrong. I'd start by making sure she doesn't have a UTI and then go from there.

It cannot be helped; it is involuntary. What you can do is make her responsible for managing the condition, such as keeping her bedding laundered and dry. Diabetic kids have to do the same thing in order to take ownership of their own issues. Sometimes they get to a much later age before they outgrow it, if ever they do. Even if she does outgrow it she will still be subject to accidents if she takes up getting drunk as an adult.

couldnt disagree more most of the time bed wetting is a result of stress, insecurity or over tiredness please try to praise on 'dry nights' and get her to wash her own sheets and clean up after herself that way a. you dont have to and b. if there is no big deal made out of 'wet nights' some times it can simply resolve itself patientce and praise, hang in there! also try and sit down and have a calm conversation about ways it can be resolved getting angry will definatly not help the situation

Instead of figuring out how to punish her you should be taking her to a urologist immediately if not sooner. At her age it could be a sign of a serious physical problem like a urinary tract infection or something more serious.

Punish yourself for saying those words. She needs help, not punishment, she needs a doctor and lots of TLC to get rid of this.

You shouldn't be posting her name, for one. You shouldn't be punishing her for wetting the bed. Clearly she has some stress in her life that is causing this. I'm not too shy to say you may be a factor. Talk to her if you can, don't judge, get medical help for her. Best wishes for "T".

If you believe that your daughter is deliberately wetting the bed, out of disrespect for you or herself, take her to a psychologist. This is not normal behavior. As many others have noted, it could be a sign of a serious medical condition.

Look ; this can be caused by SERIOUS Physical and / or EMOTIONAL conditions .... Have her evaaluated by a Physician ... and if he / she can't find anything wrong ask if Psychological counseling might help ... It doesn't really make sense that a 15 year old would want the embarassment of bedwetting known ... +5

Wow!! Hello!! Get a freaking doctor!!

She doesn't need to be punished. Talk to her pediatrician.

You DON'T. It has to be a medical/physical/psychological issue. Obviously if she's doing purposely, which doesn't make any sense, you just let her lay in it and then wash her own sheets, that's all.

You don't punish her, you talk to your/her doctor.

My advice to you is NEVER punish anyone for bedwetting, especially if they're at an age where they are insecure and self conscious. Unless your 15 year old is seriously disturbed, she probably doesn't do this on purpose (A) it's humiliating (imagine if her friends knew?!) (B) it's unsanitary and (C) it's inconvenient for both of you. Now, why would she do it just to spite you? If I were you I'd be extra supportive and try to find the real cause of this bedwetting. I'd try and see if there are any psychological factors (i.e. nerves, stress) or physical problems (i.e. a bladder infection - common in girls, increases urination frequency! - an overactive bladder or even diabetes - EXTREMELY SERIOUS-). Take her to your GP and solve this problem right away. Punishing her will only make her hate your guts for embarassing her and being so indifferent and insensitive. You want to be a comforting figure in her eyes, not an insensitive monster. She'll never come to you for support if you turn on her like this. The choice is yours.

You don't punish that, smartness, you take her to a doctor and find out why it's happening! Punishment and ridicule are the last thing she needs!

Wow! What a surprise that you have just joined today.

You could take her bed away from her..or you could ask her why she did it. One time when I was 15 I was dreaming that I was on a toilett..but I was really in bed. That was right after I had something traumatic happen to me. So you might want to talk to her first yo:):):)

You don't punish a child who may have a serious medical problem. You take them to a doctor.

You don't- because she is not doing it on purpose, and if that is her REAL name, I am appalled that you would mention it here- on the internet

No wonder the poor girl is wetting the bed...I can't imagine what kind of stress she must have to live with if her own parent tries to punish her for wetting the bed...it is something she can not help, and obviously indicates a bigger problem. She is probably embarassed enough as it is! I agree with the other answers that advise you to take her to a doctor. This may be as much an emotional problem as it is a physical one.

YOU DON'T!!! Small bladder syndrome...very common. Take her to the doctor. Wow.