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<blockquote data-quote="WNC Gal" data-source="post: 58816" data-attributes="member: 3783"><p>Terry - I know exactly how you feel. I am terrified to bring my difficult child back home and wait for the other shoe to fall. My husband doesn't exactly see it like this - he tends to think her issues are small ones like not doing homework, or being a "moody teenager". But she is seriously mentally ill and at high risk for harming herself. She is also delving more and more into manipulative behavior which is hurting the whole family. </p><p></p><p>Does anyone have kids 18+ who are still having issues and you wish you had done more while they were still living at home and younger? She's only 14 and I feel that a therapeutic boarding school might be far safer and better for her - they certainly can control access to potentially dangerous situations that kids with bipolar/borderline might be irresistibly drawn to. </p><p></p><p>We've only got her for four more years (the way she feels about us now, she will bolt the millisecond she turns 18). So, we really need to make some good decisions NOW to give her the very best shot at recovery and success. AND to spare the rest of family from getting dragged into her quagmire of maladaptive behaviors...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WNC Gal, post: 58816, member: 3783"] Terry - I know exactly how you feel. I am terrified to bring my difficult child back home and wait for the other shoe to fall. My husband doesn't exactly see it like this - he tends to think her issues are small ones like not doing homework, or being a "moody teenager". But she is seriously mentally ill and at high risk for harming herself. She is also delving more and more into manipulative behavior which is hurting the whole family. Does anyone have kids 18+ who are still having issues and you wish you had done more while they were still living at home and younger? She's only 14 and I feel that a therapeutic boarding school might be far safer and better for her - they certainly can control access to potentially dangerous situations that kids with bipolar/borderline might be irresistibly drawn to. We've only got her for four more years (the way she feels about us now, she will bolt the millisecond she turns 18). So, we really need to make some good decisions NOW to give her the very best shot at recovery and success. AND to spare the rest of family from getting dragged into her quagmire of maladaptive behaviors... [/QUOTE]
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