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17 yr old son doing drugs, hanging w members of a gang in NY
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<blockquote data-quote="defiantchild" data-source="post: 675413" data-attributes="member: 18543"><p>Hi Copa, </p><p></p><p>Just noticed your other post. Unbelievable story about that Rabbi. Our own rabbi who is one of the most wonderful people I have ever met LOVES my Difficult Child. Every time Difficult Child was suspended from school the rabbi and his wife would take him in and have him do community service there so he had a place to go. They don't pigeon hole him either....sometimes I think they are just naive...but maybe there is more to it? </p><p></p><p>And ironically, while I was working for a client in NYC (I'm an interior designer) I met an elderly couple who lived in an apartment across the hall from my client. They were having some trouble hearing their doorbell....needed to change the mechanism so it rang louder and they could hear it in the other rooms farther from the door. I saw what was going on and said hello to them and offered to help. It turned out they needed some sort of adaptor for their electrical outlet in order to make this device work. Since I was working overseeing this renovation and had to be at the job site every day, I offered to pick this adaptor up for them at the hardware store the next morning on my way to the job. They seemed like such wonderful people and it made me feel good to help them. Of course they resisted, but I insisted and this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship that I now have with this amazing woman. Sadly, her husband passed a few months ago....The reason I am telling you this story, is that this woman's eldest son was a Difficult Child. She had to throw him out of the house when he was 18. She was resigned to never speak to him again based on all the things that had happened. Well, he turned himself around - so much so that he is now a very well respected and adored minister in California who counsels prison inmates!! His prisoners have the lowest recidivism on record. Isn't this an amazing story??? </p><p></p><p>This elderly friend of mine literally sensed what I was going through with my son without me ever uttering a word. She KNEW. It's incredible what a support system she has been for me. She thinks when my son is 18 in a few months we need to kick him out like she did with her son....she doesn't see any other way with him...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="defiantchild, post: 675413, member: 18543"] Hi Copa, Just noticed your other post. Unbelievable story about that Rabbi. Our own rabbi who is one of the most wonderful people I have ever met LOVES my Difficult Child. Every time Difficult Child was suspended from school the rabbi and his wife would take him in and have him do community service there so he had a place to go. They don't pigeon hole him either....sometimes I think they are just naive...but maybe there is more to it? And ironically, while I was working for a client in NYC (I'm an interior designer) I met an elderly couple who lived in an apartment across the hall from my client. They were having some trouble hearing their doorbell....needed to change the mechanism so it rang louder and they could hear it in the other rooms farther from the door. I saw what was going on and said hello to them and offered to help. It turned out they needed some sort of adaptor for their electrical outlet in order to make this device work. Since I was working overseeing this renovation and had to be at the job site every day, I offered to pick this adaptor up for them at the hardware store the next morning on my way to the job. They seemed like such wonderful people and it made me feel good to help them. Of course they resisted, but I insisted and this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship that I now have with this amazing woman. Sadly, her husband passed a few months ago....The reason I am telling you this story, is that this woman's eldest son was a Difficult Child. She had to throw him out of the house when he was 18. She was resigned to never speak to him again based on all the things that had happened. Well, he turned himself around - so much so that he is now a very well respected and adored minister in California who counsels prison inmates!! His prisoners have the lowest recidivism on record. Isn't this an amazing story??? This elderly friend of mine literally sensed what I was going through with my son without me ever uttering a word. She KNEW. It's incredible what a support system she has been for me. She thinks when my son is 18 in a few months we need to kick him out like she did with her son....she doesn't see any other way with him... [/QUOTE]
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