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16 year old son problems... :(
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 644044" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>It's not about the disrespect.</p><p> </p><p>It's about who he is hanging around with, what he is spending his time on, what he is NOT spending his time on, behaviours, legal involvement...</p><p> </p><p>You have your hands full. Respect is the least of your worries.</p><p> </p><p>Does high school start at grade 10? (It starts at 9 here). If so, that would have been his first year in high school. And high school can be deadly... that is, school itself can knock a kid for a total loop. (been there done that - myself, gfgbro, and my own two kids...) It can be a whole raft of things - from peer pressure to bullying to idiot teachers (not all teachers are idiots, and not all idiots are teachers, but there are some teachers that should not be teaching - we've had some of them) to the ramped-up difficulty of the work.</p><p> </p><p>Its tough for a totally "typical" kid. Some survive, some don't. If there happens to be other issues thrown in, probably not diagnosed... the chances of success go down.</p><p> </p><p>Add in the easy availability of drugs and alcohol, and kids who are falling between the cracks are soon dropping off the deep end.</p><p> </p><p>The approach you take depends on whether this is a "typical" kid who fell in with the wrong crowd and got hooked on the substances and/or lifestyle, OR if it's a kid with prior challenges who got pushed off the deep end.</p><p> </p><p>If it's the first case, others on this board will be more help than I can give. But one of the biggest challenges is to figure out what is behind this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 644044, member: 11791"] It's not about the disrespect. It's about who he is hanging around with, what he is spending his time on, what he is NOT spending his time on, behaviours, legal involvement... You have your hands full. Respect is the least of your worries. Does high school start at grade 10? (It starts at 9 here). If so, that would have been his first year in high school. And high school can be deadly... that is, school itself can knock a kid for a total loop. (been there done that - myself, gfgbro, and my own two kids...) It can be a whole raft of things - from peer pressure to bullying to idiot teachers (not all teachers are idiots, and not all idiots are teachers, but there are some teachers that should not be teaching - we've had some of them) to the ramped-up difficulty of the work. Its tough for a totally "typical" kid. Some survive, some don't. If there happens to be other issues thrown in, probably not diagnosed... the chances of success go down. Add in the easy availability of drugs and alcohol, and kids who are falling between the cracks are soon dropping off the deep end. The approach you take depends on whether this is a "typical" kid who fell in with the wrong crowd and got hooked on the substances and/or lifestyle, OR if it's a kid with prior challenges who got pushed off the deep end. If it's the first case, others on this board will be more help than I can give. But one of the biggest challenges is to figure out what is behind this. [/QUOTE]
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