Kristian
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2012
Our next trip is scheduled for the week after Thanksgiving, 2018.
Originally, it was supposed to be just our little family (dh, ds (1), dd (9) and myself); however, dd has informed us that she doesn’t want to go now and will be happy staying home with her grandparents (my parents) and going to school. I’m not against the idea, as I would never want to force her to go only to have a bad or even miserable time. Dd has been having some issues lately with emotions, etc. and there has been some adjustments that she’s had to get use to. We adopted ds, but have fostered him since birth. Dd went from being an only child to a sibling basically overnight and I tend to think that part of her decision to stay behind is partially due to some jealousy for ds. She loves her brother, but I’ve noticed some jealous tendencies lately. I tried talking to dd about the trip and her feelings about the adoption in general, but it seems that I can’t say or do anything right. Not sure if anyone has any advice or similar experiences that they would like to share, but thought I would see what others thoughts are. Thanks in advance.
Originally, it was supposed to be just our little family (dh, ds (1), dd (9) and myself); however, dd has informed us that she doesn’t want to go now and will be happy staying home with her grandparents (my parents) and going to school. I’m not against the idea, as I would never want to force her to go only to have a bad or even miserable time. Dd has been having some issues lately with emotions, etc. and there has been some adjustments that she’s had to get use to. We adopted ds, but have fostered him since birth. Dd went from being an only child to a sibling basically overnight and I tend to think that part of her decision to stay behind is partially due to some jealousy for ds. She loves her brother, but I’ve noticed some jealous tendencies lately. I tried talking to dd about the trip and her feelings about the adoption in general, but it seems that I can’t say or do anything right. Not sure if anyone has any advice or similar experiences that they would like to share, but thought I would see what others thoughts are. Thanks in advance.