Monday, February 13, 2012

When Parents Need a Vacation…without the guilt

Today I dropped off my twenty year old daughter, who has ADHD and a variety of challenging disabilities, to the camp bus stop here in southeast Michigan. She'll be away for 23 days and 3 ½ hours, which equate to 555 1/2 hours (but who's counting?).  This is her fifth year attending the sp...
Anonymous
Anonymous
10/21/09 12:22pm

We have a twenty year old daughter who has refused her ADHD medications.  Has your daughter done so?  How have you handled that?  We too find ourselves worried about a long awaited vacation out of the country.  Our psychologist is telling us that she is emotionally a sixteen year old.  Do you leave the country without them and how do you tell an otherwise healthy twenty year old that we need to send you to stay with other adults?  Troubling questions and no clear answers.  She is so impulsive that previous short trips have resulted in other kids in our home and we have concerns about liability.  Any thoughts?

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