Posted by Elizabeth on October 26, 1999, at 21:10:16
In reply to Re: Daughter's inapropriate sexual behavior, posted by Noa on October 20, 1999, at 20:02:58
> I agree with the idea of family therapy. If your daughter never leaves your side, she is obviously struggling with some issues around separation-individuation.
I'm sort of wondering if that part was meant literally. A 14-year-old with separation anxiety? That's atypical, to say the least.
>Perhaps her internet exploits are a "safe" way to act out the scary feelings she might have about wanting to explore life as a separate individual, a sexual one at that.
So the solution is to eliminate the "safe" way to express her sexuality, leaving her with only the less "safe" ways...?
>It also seems like she is rattling your cage, and trying to rattle her father's.
I'd like to hear from the daughter and the father about this one, actually. I think we have only gotten one oversimplified side of a possibly complicated story.
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