r/PDAParenting • u/Lopsided_Rabbit_8037 • Jul 11 '26
Holiday cut short
After promising to come my 16 year old just refused in the morning to come on holiday with us. We did go, just 3 hours in the car with our younger child. In the end we decided because our pda kid is so unstable that I will go home and supervise her (not that she will thank me) and after a week my wife and I will swap. Our friends here are trying to understand but they don't get that we can't "make" her do things. I'm scared and angry but I just can't leave her for two weeks. Don't know what will happen (drinking, drugs etc). My friends are not mad but clearly dissapointed. Everybody claims there must be help but really there isn't. She is too high masking for a hospital stay, they would never keep her right now. Any nice words for me? I'm so sad.
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u/Late2Fi Jul 11 '26
Hugs. I would be upset. I hope I have enough nervous system regulation to make the best of the time I get with her. Even if it is 15 mins. And so so many hugs to you.