Who’se kid it is anyway?
Article about: ER, Health, job, letting go, parenting, sick, supervisor
Who decides when a parent needs to let go? We recently ran into this situation a few weeks ago. Our daughter is 22 years old and she just moved out. She took ill one day and needed to go to the ER. She does not have a car, so she called mom and dad. We ended up sitting for many hours in the ER with her. My husband was scheduled to work that day, so, from the ER, he called his supervisor to let her know that he would be late as he is in he ER with his daughter and the docs can’t figure out what is wrong with her. The supervisor said fine, just keep me updated. When we finally got out of the ER and were on our way home, my husband called his supervisor again to let her know that since there was only about 2 hours of work left, he would take this as a vacation day. You see, we live an hour from his work, so by the time he would have gotten there, he would have worked an hour then turned around and went home.
My husband went in to work the next day and was called into the office. He was told that if it has nothing to do with his wife or handicapped son that lives at home, he is not to take off of work. They said that “your daughter no longer lives at home and is an adult now and has to learn to take care of herself.” I was appalled when my husband came home and told me this. So, in other words, if my other two kids who do not live at home anymore are dying, then he can go to them and take off of work to care for them. Yeah right!
Who decided that they were the authority on parenting. Who are they to tell me when to let go of my kids? l love my kids and they mean the world to me. They always will. If they are sick or not, I am going to go to them whenever they need me. Yes, they have to learn to live on their own, and they are, that doesn’t mean that I can’t help them out once in a while. Especially when it comes to their health. I think was my husband supervisor did was uncalled for. Let see what she does the next time one of her kids gets sick and has to go to the ER.
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