Erratic manner leading to conflict with daughter (7)
I believe the answer is:
wayward
'erratic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'manner leading to conflict with daughter' is the wordplay.
'manner' becomes 'way' ('way' can be a synonym of 'manner').
'leading to' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go before or lead others).
'conflict with' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'way'+'war'+'d'='WAYWARD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wayward that I've seen before include "Capricious and undisciplined" , "Resistant to discipline" , "Erratic" , "Perversely independent" , "Awry" .)