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I am sorry she is out of control... the only "advice" I can give you is to try to support her as much as you can, she needs you and her family. Does your family know about the pregnancy too? What about her siblings? however they're younger or older, I am sure they can help here too, just by giving love, smiles, little help, or talk... Try to share this situation with her if you can, with special moments just for you. And protect her from whoever wants to judge her. I wish you the best with her.
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Wow! I do NOT envy you. What can you do? Well, first of all YOU need to take some time for YOURSELF (and your husband...I'm assuming you're married from your profile) and figure out what your goals should be with respect to this and HOW to accomplish them. It is a fairly certain bet that your daughter has learned what your buttons are and how to push them. Which means she's learned how to make YOU react to HER actions. This needs to change and it isn't going to be easy. Unfortunately for your daughter, her childhood has just come to an end with her pregnancy. She will now have to learn how to be a responsible ADULT PARENT several years before her time. Unless the baby is put up for adoption or you consider abortion (which each have their own issues you all will have to deal with, should you choose one of those paths). Either way, she must learn how to act responsibly and how to deal with the consequences of her actions HERSELF, or her problems will ALWAYS be YOUR problems. Regardless, what you are REALLY in need of is (and I know this sounds like psychobabble) COUNSELLING. Find a counsellor who will work with all of you to establish behavioral goals and methods of modifying them. This will take HARD work from everyone. I really don't have much else I can say about this right now...it's a very difficult postion to be in and I truely wish you the best.
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