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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: She did just turn 17 and is a junior not senior. I have a 25 year old DS who lives very close who can check up on her and is close by in case of an emergency, or if I still don’t 
comfortable with her being alone, she can stay with DS or he can come over to stay with her.

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I am in the exact same boat.  Both DH and I need to be gone for 5 nights.   20 yr old DS is also 30 min away (an hour with traffic), so she can stay with him on the weekend, but she has to be in school the other two days so she has to be home.  DD said she would be fine, but I don't feel comfortable with it as she has anxiety and  panic attacks. Yes, she's on meds. She just turned 17.  I might call her aunt to stay with her for 2 nights, so DD would only be alone at night for 1 night.[/quote]

I mean this nicely, but don't you think you're sending her the wrong message if she says she can handle it and you send the aunt over?[/quote]
She is currently going through a really rough patch right now. She lost her entire friend group; has been having panic attacks; crying.   She is also an anxious person, and yes, I do worry about her going off to college, but as PPs have stated, she will not be alone in the dorm building by herself.  There are other people in the building.   If she was alone in the building,  she'd freak out. We have a largish sfh.

She texted me today that she was in the counselor's office, having a meltdown.

No, I don't think she should be alone at night right now.   We'll see how she feels next week.[/quote]

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