Remember the days when you could just hang the thought of a visit from Santa or an upcoming beach trip over your young daughter's head in order to nudge her back in line? Discipline and punishment are perhaps the most dreaded — and misunderstood — aspects to parenting an adolescent girl. At an age when you feel they should be wanting (and deserving) more freedom and less boundaries, the truth is quite the opposite. As tough as it is to play “the bad guy,” your daughter actually needs you to be just that.