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I would never pretend to know the right answer. We went through this with my daughter.
The situation grew as she got older. We decided to take the tough love approach and stuck to our rules for the house. We turned it over to God. We raised her right, brought her up to believe in Jesus. That makes her one of his.
She ended up running away. We didn't have any contact with her for several years, then one day it happened we spoke and worked on our relationship.
Now years later, I have a daughter back, she gave me 2 wonderful grandchildren. When she speaks to teenagers, she tells them, she doesn't know why she did what she did, she tells them she had a great childhood and that they should appreciate thier parents and everything they do for them.
I don't think there is any one answer, each situation and child is different. Good luck.
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