It's my D who is asking to leave - we're not making her leave. She feels like no one will give her a chance, like no one there will let her forget her ED past, and that is what has caused her to drift towards the "misfit" kids. (Almost one of those "gee, if everybody thinks I'm so bad, I'll show them, I'll be REALLY bad!) And I really don't have issues with (most) of these kids - but clearly my D, in her current mental state, with the ED and depression issues, is unable to handle this environment.
And we won't be "grounding" her - she simply won't be unsupervised. She's only 14 - she can go to the movies with her friends - but now only with a parent in the theater. She can have friends over all she wants - we've always welcomed kids in our home, love sleepovers parties etc. She simply won't be allowed to sleepover at other's homes. She (and her brother) simply are too young to handle the little bit of independence they were given responsibly, so we will go back to supervised time only. They will still have plenty of social opportunities with friends - just not the opportunity to do drugs or get into other trouble. Ellie
