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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh. Ring theory of grief and crisis. Comfort in, dump out. These people are dealing with a dying dad/husband. I am super duper sorry about what your daughter is experiencing - it is awful - but i think the advice of dropping carpool and seeking non-contact ways to help (lawncare etc) is best. You can shield your daughter and support your mom friend. Those of you who think mom is equipped to deal with a mean tween texting situation right now have never been through a life and death situation and are so lucky. She is not going to be receptive to sharing screenshots and helpful parenting tips. It will feel like tattling or self-centeredness/insensitivity by OP — which it’s not, but I’m just telling you how it will land with the mom, who is in true crisis with something so much bigger. Ask me how i know. 
Again, it’s not fair and not easy and I’m sorry OP. [/quote]

I hear and respect your points, but for another perspective- my mother was ill and died when I was just a little older than OP’s daughter. I developed a serious eating disorder triggered by my grief/confusion and it was very important to my dying mother that she address it and get me treatment even while she was facing her own death. [/quote]

This is possibly the last major parenting thing that her father can do. [/quote]

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