Dd is 12 and currently rehearsing for a youth ballet production. The rehearsals and show are in a town quite a way from home, about 1.5 hours away and an awkward journey. However I let her do it as my parents-in-law live near to where it is and said they would be happy for dd to stay. Dd was happy with this.
I did the first few days ferrying her back and forth myself (rota with another girl from her dance school) but even doing the one journey a day was a nightmare with the traffic etc.
She's been with my PIL since yesterday. However she's been really, really homesick. It's unusual for her as she's been away from home lots of times, school trips, residential ballet schools etc and has never been homesick. So I didn't imagine she would have problems staying with her grandparents.
But we've had tearful phone calls both last night and tonight. Why do I have to stay this long? Can't I come home early? etc etc. Of course I'm really upset for her and I know she's missing me and home. But I have made plans for my 2 younger dds for the next few days which would make doing the journey difficult. The plans were for her to stay until Sunday, I've now said I could possibly get her on Saturday but not before.
She's fine in the morning and at the rehearsals, it just seems to be the evenings. Dh thinks she'll have to stick it out, and I sort of do too but I feel upset she's so unhappy.