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I agree with JD. She needs to feel the consequences of her actions. I foster Teen boys. I have 4 right now. They know the rules and They can either follow them or deal with the consequences. It is all about choices. Right now two of them have no weekday privledges at all until they make up all missing homework assignments. They are not happy about this, but they know if they want to have any privledges throught the week the work has to be done. I know that one of my boys has a problem with good decision making, so when he goes somewhere I always make sure he takes a cell phone and I take him where he is going and I pick him up at the designated place and time. I usually show up early just so he knows he has a good chance of getting caught if he tries to sneak around.
We also do spot checks on the boys. Not always, but once in a while we will just drop in wherever they are suppose to be. This way they never know when we will be popping in. I think it helps them with honosty and with decision making, just to know that we are holding them acountable.
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