Your daughter is only 15. What she is looking for in a boy right now may be as simple as someone who gives her attention. No other qualifications are required! As she matures, she's likely to be a lot more discriminating. I think your best strategy is to strengthen your own relationship with her. Make sure you are joking around with her frequently, giving her compliments and acknowledgment for everything you can compliment and acknowledge, talking to her about ideas, asking her opinions and so on and on.Ultimately, she will choose a guy a lot like you because you are her male imprint. So bet the best one you can be. If you are the ambitious type, don't assume she knows this. Your wife knows, but kids don't know anything about their parents that their parents don't express or demonstrate. Talk about your passion for your work and the goals you have set for your career. Never mention her boyfriend. Just demonstrate the kind of guy you think she should be looking for. Do you have hobbies and interests? Share them with the family, bring them into your excitement for life. Do you think good manners are important? Make sure you show them to this young man when he's at your house (he may lack them through insecurity or a lack of education in his own home). In short, you need to show your daughter what a man can be and you also need to wait patiently for her to grow up a bit. I say, leave the boyfriend alone - she'll dump him herself sooner or later.    Sarah Chana

I'm not so sure your daughter will dump him. I am going through the same thing. My daughter began dating a boy in her class in her Freshman year. For 3 1/2 years they fought and fought. One day he scared her by flipping out on her, preventing her from driving away, and followed her most of the way home. She was shaking and sobbing by the time she reached the house. She broke up with him for a couple of months, but now he says he has changed (he's been going to a therapist for two months and claims he has totally changed) and she is now interested in him again. I am so fearful that she is going to end up hurt. I have told her my concerns but she thinks I never give people chances. Unfortutately, being a Psychology major, I know the signs of an abuser. It is the worst thing to watch your daughter go through this. My advice - keep her busy doing things, be active with her, and try to keep him out of the picture as much as possible. At some point you will have to let go. Good luck.