--- title: Teen Called 911 When Parents "Forced" Her to Go on Vacation description: A teen called 911 because her family "forced" her to go to a rental cottage on family vacation with them. canonical: https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-22T15:12:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:42.669Z og:title: Teen Calls 911 Because Family Made Her Go on Vacation og:description: Rough stuff og:url: https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323ff31a13400276/6988a3232dce01fd549ea605/gettyimages-460445372.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Teen Calls 911 Because Family Made Her Go on Vacation twitter:description: Rough stuff twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323ff31a13400276/6988a3232dce01fd549ea605/gettyimages-460445372.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Teen Calls 911 Because Her Parents Made Her Go on a Family Vacation by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 22, 2016 3:12 PM UTC  MARYLAND, UNITED STATES - 2014/08/01: The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor in the Historic District of St. Michaels, Maryland, USA, situated on Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) MARYLAND, UNITED STATES - 2014/08/01: The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor in the Historic District of St. Michaels, Maryland, USA, situated on Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)Wolfgang Kaehler-Rocket via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 22, 2016 3:12 PM UTC A teenager phoned in an [emergency call to 911](http://time.com/4376706/woman-calls-911-cheese-pizza/) because it seems she was stuck on a family trip. [According to the CBC](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-teen-911-call-cottage-1.3730054), the Mississauga 15-year-old called [the police](http://time.com/4436714/man-arrested-after-getting-violent-over-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-too-much-cheese/) because her parents “forced her” to vacation with them at a rental cottage in Trent Hills, Toronto. Ontario Provincial Police visited to ensure all was well, and told CBC News, “this appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager.” The authorities added: “although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911.” Someone might think that a long-awaited trip to the countryside seems like [a nice enough time](https://www.canadastays.com/waterfront-two-bedroom-cottage-rent-campbellford-on-p263760), so that maybe, even if everyone wasn’t best friends forever, they could all at least admire the scenery with mutual respect. But it turns out for this teen, it was a hard no. It seems being there with relatives she did not relate to, people with whom she could never in a million years enjoy jam with, was a true crime. By taking her on a lovely trip, they were quite possibly effectively destroying her life. \[[CBC](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-teen-911-call-cottage-1.3730054?utm%5Fsource=fark&utm%5Fmedium=website&utm%5Fcontent=link&ICID=ref%5Ffark)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/"},"headline":"Teen Calls 911 Because Her Parents Made Her Go on a Family Vacation","datePublished":"2016-08-22T15:12:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:42.669Z","description":"Not wishing she was there","url":"https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Internet","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323ff31a13400276/6988a3232dce01fd549ea605/gettyimages-460445372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323ff31a13400276/6988a3232dce01fd549ea605/gettyimages-460445372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor","caption":"The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor","creditText":"Wolfgang Kaehler-Rocket via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/","name":"Teen Calls 911 Because Her Parents Made Her Go on a Family Vacation"}}]}] ```