The child who leaves home

• About leaving home
• Indications that a child is about to leave home
• A function in your life
• Burning bridges
• School
• What now?
• Badmouthing the biological home
• Control
• Others
• Tarnishing the family name
• Glorifying the concept of leaving home
• Initial shock
• Kidnap
• Reacting
• Recriminations - You feel guilty
• Reasons
• Regret
• Removing
• I need to do
• The child decides when and if to return home
• Silence
• Trap
• Why does a child run away
• The psychologist
• Waiting When should the parents step in?
• Evaluate
• Proving
• Nosy
• Alienation: Making a break
• Contact
• Push-Pull

Helping the child return home

• Coming back
• Living in two homes
• It requires a wise decision
• Social workers
• Discussing the problems
• Family
• Out of touch
• Forcing
• Help
• Helpless
• Information
• Rational return
• Respect
• Staying away from home
• Making demands
• The big lie
• India: Come back, Sheldon (humor)

See also a series of articles about reconciliation

Related sections and sites

This section about Leaving is closely intertwined with the sections about childhood rebellions and subsequent reconciliations. The potential for these eventualities in the best of families helps make parenthood an interesting prospect!