what kind of punishment does she deserve?

Go ahead and ground her for the next two weeks as well, and give her a list of chores to do....dishes, laundry, cooking, sweeping, cleaning the toilets, ect...then send her to Sunday school on the church bus....or 3 times a week, sunday morning, evening and wednesday(im not religious, but they will teach her morals there). or make her do charity work. That'll teach her.

I think her having the police called on her, getting 2 weeks detention and having all her electronics taken away is punishment enough. She is testing your authority and probably missing your parents, she’s 13 give her a bit of a break as she’s not used to you having this authority over her.

Stick to the punishment you already have set for her (not sure how long you told her the electronics would be taken away) and just make sure you don’t give her them back any earlier than you told her she could have them back. She needs to know when you set a punishment you will follow through, but if you punish her too much more she’s just going to rebel and her behavior is going to get worse, not better.

Just make sure you spend some time with her and tell her that if she misses your parents she can talk to them on the phone or if she can talk to you about anything if she needs too. Make it known that you still love her even though she did something stupid, but that her punishment needs to stand so that she knows you are serious.

It has to be a delicate balance between giving her a punishment but not over doing it as you don’t want her hate you just to learn that she needs to listen and respect your rules just like she would if she was home and with your parents.

And good for you with refusing to spank her as spanking is cruel and is not an effective form of punishment, it teaches a child nothing except that hitting someone smaller than you are because they did something you don’t like is ok. Plus it only either makes the behavior worse or it makes them scared to do anything wrong, but either way they aren’t learning right from wrong.

Hope this helps and good luck!!

You're 27 and a high school principal and you don't know how to punish a kid? Really? Nice try. (Not to mention that you don't know the difference between "past" and "passed" or how to use punctuation.)

But that said, you can also ground her for a week.

But how will you know that she comes home after school? I imagine you have to work until at least 5:00. So maybe enroll her in an after-school program so there's someone to take care of her. That will help once detention is over.

This isn't personal. She's testing your authority, but she would do that with anyone. She's 13, and she's probably upset that your parents are away.

you need some tough love you need to be walking her into the school and not allowing her to eave the school until you are there to walk her to the car. She will be side by side while dinner is being repaired as if handcuffed together. She will be sitting by you through dinner even if she refuses to eat.. she will be next to you helping with after clean up. the only time she will not be next to you is when using the toilet and the bathroom door must stay open she can close a door only for 5 minutes it takes to get into clothes. she is to have no time alone she will be doing home work at the kitchen table. No contact with friends outside of school. this will happen for a full 2 weeks. every time she goes outside of the limits you add a day to the punishment. Be firm not vacillating I am very sorry for you but you took on the job you have to follow through. good luck it works She will be afraid to try anything in the near future.

Don't take just the electronics! Take all her dolls, toys, posters, favorite clothing/shoes/accessories, coloring book, whatever! Take everything away! Leave her with nothing but the basics! Heck I'd even take away her privacy for the time being and take down her door. If the punishment still doesn't seem enough and you still don't want to spank, take her to her school and embarrass her in front of her class and friends. She will think twice about ever wanting to skip school again.

Wouldn't you rather she learn that eloping from school is a bad decision than to fear you? You aren't God, she doesn't have to learn that you aren't to be "messed with". She does need to learn that there are consequences for her actions and she's received those: the police were called, she's got detention, you removed all electronics from her access. This isn't about what she did, it's about you wanting revenge because you are embarrassed that you are in education and your sister did something related to school that you feel made you look bad. Get over yourself.

if she has a pet of some sort keep it hidden in your room and of course take care of it and tell her it snuck out.

or tell her that her favorite toy or accessorize snuck out

Take away her phone for a week

have sex with her

death sentence