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[quote=Anonymous]OP with an open minded sense of level of her depression I’d present, as I’ve done to mine that she is a child and we are her parents. With that, we as a family have obligations and some of those obligations are to preserve family ties. As she is still reaping the benefits of a child in the family she has to come with you. At 14 I’d say to this child-you are on the cusp of bri g an adult and while I honor your opinions and recognize that this is something you feel strongly about, what I won’t do is force you to attend but I’d have to evaluate first whether I’d let her stay ‘with her sister’ (how many hours is she working? and what an imposition on this adult sister who presumably followed family expectations and will now be dragged down with burden of policing her sister.)

I may have to cancel trip or just send others but the consequences would be unpleasant. And if depression waa one of her reasons-than she would be at a therapist’s office for a prescribed amount of time (say 6 sessions.)

What I would not allow is her to go on trip and be such a *hit that trip was ruined.[/quote]

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