When I was a 6 years old girl I found a rusty machete in a forest I was not supposed to be in. I managed to find my way back to the group of adults frantically looking for me in the parking lot nearby, realized they were looking for me, and decided I did not want to get angry/panicked adults all over me. So I discreetely went back in the forest to build stuff with my new machete. Adults soon found me running down a forest hill full of dead wood and poison ivy; while holding a rusty machete. I panicked when my mom yelled at me so I tried to escape by JUMPING down the slope with the machete in my hand, before deciding to keep running away through the creek that cushioned my fall - because now that I was covered in mud and water I figured they would kill me.
During all of this ordeal, I thought the issue was that I went in the forest and got dirty. The "disappeared for a long time" and the "holding and using a rusty machete" did not register as issues.
Goold luck with your daughter, it did not become better for my parents until I was...Until they stopped knowing what I did. And just as you they were unprepared because my older brother is mostly into being alive and safe.
During all of this ordeal, I thought the issue was that I went in the forest and got dirty. The "disappeared for a long time" and the "holding and using a rusty machete" did not register as issues.
Goold luck with your daughter, it did not become better for my parents until I was...Until they stopped knowing what I did. And just as you they were unprepared because my older brother is mostly into being alive and safe.