As hard as this is for a parent to do please know that you are doing the right thing by evoking tough love onto your daughter at the point in her life.... you were harming her when you enabled her to continue in her wrongful ways and while it does not feel like it right now YOU are HELPING in the long run.

I too had to go through some tough love with my 15 year old son when he broke into a neighbors house with a friend and stole from them.... I personally took my son down to the police station and had him turn his self in... one of the hardest things I had to do as a parent, but it helped him in the long run and I was their to support him every step of way of his two year probation and court appearance...... where as the family of the other boy did nothing and he has been arrested many times over since the day of the robbery took place (sad so sad).

My fifteen year old son went on to serve our country as a NAVY MAN at 17 years old.
... and at 24 yrs old he is going to college and the proud daddy of a beautiful 7 months old daughter.

- tough love does works! - tough love does works! - tough love does works!