Should I worry?!
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 at 23:31
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Member - Royce
So daughter.... a mature 25 yo has decided that her last teaching experience round should be more interesting than suburban
Melbourne.
So to cap off her teaching course she has asked to be allowed to visit an outback school somewhere in northern NT. The uni has agreed and so she is off....
Driving alone all the way. "It will be so much more useful to have my car."
A little old RAV4, loaded to the roof with supplies and off she goes alone. .....
Just like I do all the time!
Sure she has travelled the outback with me lots of times and had plenty of adventures. She has backpacked overseas a couple of times.
I was worried the first time she brought it up. ..... but after the idea set in, I'm not so sure that it is any less dangerous or adventurous than her 200k drive to
Melbourne from here!
Should I be worried?
Reply By: Member - Duncs - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:26
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:26
Sounds to me Royce like your just being a Dad.
My 20 yr old daughter spent a month in the Dominican Republic just before Christmas. I hardly slept.
Like you I have brought my kids up with a spirit of adventure, encouraging them to use the road less travelled. But then they go and do it!!!!! Without me!!!!!! How can I save them from evil when they are so far away.
Well I think you have probably already done it.
You have taught her to respect other people and different points of view, you have taught her to talk and listen to people and to learn from them, you have shown her that just because people speak the same language they are not all the same and that the difference is interesting and good. As a result she knows how to get on with people, how to accept and be accepted graciously.
She will be fine.
I picked my daughter up at the airport, she started talking, verbal diarrhoea, and continued to talk without inhaling for about 4 hours, then she fell asleep. She has grown up, and learned a bit more independence.
She actually needs me less but I think she appreciates me more.
Yeah you should be worried about your daughter but not because she will be in danger or out of her depth, you should worry because you are her Dad.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Member - Royce- Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 09:36
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 09:36
My experience too.
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Reply By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:56
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:56
Good on you Royce,
You are being the good father. My 23 & 26 year old sons have done the same with us and travelled and they always come back safe. But you can't stop worrying, part of being a parent. My parents look at us with a smile, been there, done that with us, and they reckon they still worry about me travelling.
I think I would be more concerned if I wasn't worried, worry is a
sign of a good relationship.
We insist they sms us every day, and we get 1 or 2 a week if we are lucky :o) Of course it is different when we are on a trip!
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Follow Up By: Member - Royce- Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 09:38
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 09:38
I'll be in daily contact where possible, as I travel in parallel up through NSW and Qld.. then we'll meet up for a bit in
Darwin.
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