Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:22
#askswell | What age is old enough for your child to travel without you for a extended period of time ?
But I don't know, I think I'm being a helicopter mom again. I don't want my daughter to go somewhere and she wants to be gone for like, over a month and I don't know. I really don't want her to go, but I do want her to go for the experience. So anyway, how old is old enough? And if your child has ever gone somewhere abroad or anything of that nature, how did you get past the missing them?
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 4:48
Because like you said, if she get into something, it ain't like you could just hop in the car and go, right. Where's her maturity level at? And that's what you should look at. Like, what's the maturity level? Is her maturity level up and on a general basis, on a general consensus, is she a reliable child? Can you tell her to do stuff as she does it? Does she follow directions well?
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 4:09
And if I could buy them for her and them happen to me, I would do it. But my mom always tells me, you can't live their lives. You have to let them make mistakes so that they'll learn. But who wants to fall if you don't have to? That's where I helicopter. I helicopter hard because I don't want them to fall like I did so many different times. But I love my daughter and I trust her
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 5:00
She'll tell me that like, mama, it's okay, mama, I can handle it. I can take care of it. I got it. Mama, I just was talking to you about the situation because I just wanted to tell you what was going on so we'll always be like that about our children
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 0:46
Thank you, Miss Andrea. Yes, I do believe it's because I miss my other daughter and I'm trying to hold on to my last daughter. Yes, I do think that. And I do think that I am going to miss her. And I'm scared about that, too. But I do understand what you're saying and I don't feel offended in any way. That because it's the truth. That's how I feel. And I do miss her very much
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 4:04
And so even when you see them doing things that could be detrimental to them down the road, you can't do anything about it. You just have to kind of let them be. And so it's hard. It really is. It's hard because you want your children to avoid anything that would cause them harm or hurt. You want them to avoid any pitfalls that you may have gotten yourself into. And so it's difficult. So don't feel bad about that