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Originally Posted by hnybun128  I think if your daughter wants to live like an adult, she needs to act like an adult and support herself. I cannot imagine how the therapist actually envisioned her continuing to live at home was going to teach her to manage budgeting. As long as she stays at home, she stays a child and they both will continue to disrespect you and take advantage of you.
I'm sorry she has a mental illness. I do know from personal experience how this complicates things. I also think you know deep down this isn't going to work out. |
Her therapist didnt say that having her continue to live at home would teach her to budget. He said that her living on her own without the means to provide for herself would create stress great enough to cause a relapse which in the case of someone with an eating disorder could be deadly. Her body is still quite weak from the years of battling it the first time. Teaching budgeting ect is something that I have opted to do while she is living here. Giving her those skills may help to prevent high amounts of stress thereby preventing a relapse
