Could you offer your daughter a part time job working with you during the summer before she goes to Uni? She would realise just how hard you work, that money does not grow on trees and it would also give the chance to get to know each other again on a different footing.
Good luck - teenagers do grow up and turn into the nicest adults. F x.
-------------------- I've learnt that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou.
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