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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give her a safe place to go to.  A trusted friends parents house or a friend of yours.  If she needs space she needs to let you know and go to an agreed location.
Other than that, keep talking and think about a little more freedom but she has to earn that
Maybe this incident will scare her.[/quote]

OP here. My husband thinks she should be grounded but I think that will exacerbate the issues. Had she not had her phone she wouldn't have been able to call me to come get her.[/quote]

I think that might make her less likely to call for help when she realizes she's gotten in over her head. She did exactly what you want her to do, don't punish her for it.

My parents and I made a plan like in the first quote. Where I could go when I needed to get away. A safe place to walk when I needed to clear my head at midnight. It accepted my reality - sometimes I could NOT be in the house and needed to get away, and made it safer. It treated me as a responsible person in a difficult situation, which sounds like your daughter.

If you can't get your husband on board, then I'd recommend a session with your daughter's therapist before deciding on any "punishment."[/quote]

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