On the other hand, she is now working and studying — maybe she is finally learning responsibility.
“Sofia now lives at a hotel, where she works 60 hours a week. She uses her wages to fund her studies. “
And what if she stayed here, she could be dead of a drug overdose by now — obviously the parents couldn’t control her.
I wasn't talking about what she may have learned, but how she arrived.
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And what if she stayed here, she could be dead of a drug overdose by now
Conversely, she could not be 'dead of a drug overdose by now', so the conjecture has no relevance.
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obviously the parents couldn’t control her.
Sending a minor to a legal stranger was more a cop out than a 'solution'. Did they call the cops when she was acting like a hellion and have her detained for a day or so, or would that have been to embarrassing?
Did they get right back in her face when she bucked up to them, or did they just shrug it off about how she 'acted out'? Did they seek professional help at all?
The story is admittedly short of facts, but I never once considered sending either of my twin girls back to their biological father to another STATE (much less half a world away) no matter how difficult they became.
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IMHO, the parents are supposed to be the adults in the situation. All they did was teach her that people who become 'too much trouble' are disposable.