I’m ‘losing’ my 16-year-old daughter to a controlling boyfriend

By Richard Hogan

My 16-year-old daughter has been dating her boyfriend for four months. She was always such a bubbly, outgoing girl, but she has changed and I am very concerned about her. She has lost all her friends, because she only spends time with her boyfriend. I think he has started to control her. He seems miserable to me, but I do not know what to do. He doesn’t want to spend time with us and they fight a lot. My husband has talked about forbidding them from seeing each other, but I think this will only further drive a wedge between us. I want my daughter back. Can you give us some advice?