Seriously man, the kids don't really watch TV.
Houllebecq,
just for info on OLO I talked to a TV Channel Chairman about 4 years ago. I asked how they actually do program planning for TV & he told me that they ask 12 year olds & if it appeals to them then that's what governs programming. I was gobsmacked ! Isn't that a little like asking delinquents' their opinion on law reform.
I have observed some really good kids sent to Public Schools and that was the end of the "good".

The Pied Piper: "Funny how DoCS don’t consider underage sex a big deal. I’m sure it is."

I found out to my surprise a few years ago that early sex and pregnancy is normal behaviour for girls with backgrounds like your charge:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200305/absentee-fathers-and-teen-pregnancy

There are a few theories as to why it would be so. See the section "Childhood Deprivation and Earlier Pregnancy" here:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200305/absentee-fathers-and-teen-pregnancy

I realise this no help in figuring out how to handle the situation. I can't help there - I don't have a clue.

PP; Lying
Wagging school
Having sex

I think you will find that this covers quite a percentage of 15 year old girls, not just orphins.

How do you deal with it.

Well 15 YO orphin girls probobly makes up less than .001% of 15 YO girls.

As for the rest of them. Don't allow them as much freedom, esspecailly after hours and be a responsible parent and know where and what your children are doing 24-7.

We did, and out two kids turned out just fine.

No crime, No drugs and they have respect for others, esspecially elders.

I say again. Stop financially rewarding loosers for giving birth to more loosers.

It may not solve all the problems, but it's a start!

Pied Piper,
You have my sympathy. I can't really recommend anything without knowing what the parents/family are like. Exposing her to alternatives may help. It is quite often boredom which sends them off in the unpleasent direction. Ask her what she'd really like to do & if she wants something senseless then you could suggest something different just for the sake of something different. For a city girl you could try a different show or visit shops that you normally pass by.. For a country girl try something she's never done. If funds are a problem make an effort to explain that they are limited. Introduce her to different people for a weekend etc. Just try to get her away from her comfort zone & open her eyes to to other things than just pop music & weekend saturation sport because they induce boredom on any intelligent person young or old. Young people need to be entertained, the majority don't know how to entertain themselves, they might think they do but they don't. The old saying "Variety is the Spice of Life" has a lot of merit.

RStuart, thanks. It is a weird situation but that link – it made sense as this small problem is already in existence. I would like to avoid another though.

You know what, I can see so clearly how to proceed on many levels and in my own style but I have no qualifications so every single request or suggestion is rejected.

So I guess the point is that even the people considered “parents” have no control over children. Which means Crackup shouldn’t blame them or expect any more from them than what they are “allowed” to do?

I want children to be empowered but not children that haven’t been raised to even understand the word.

And I am so pleased I made you laugh yesterday.

Hey Individual, I really wish I could be clearer…. Rehctub would have a coronary on the spot if he knew what time and tax dollars were going in to this one case.

You are right about alternatives and sport and just getting them to see other possibilities. But the government hinders this by giving them so much they see no need to move in a different direction.