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Been a while, but I'm sure few of you will be surprised that I'm back to square one
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<blockquote data-quote="Scott_G" data-source="post: 604629" data-attributes="member: 16626"><p>Lately I have been spending time thinking about my life growing up and my sons life. I'm convinced that it's not just the drugs and/or alcohol. A lot of kids experiment with those things and they don't end up stealing cars and getting kicked out of school. Maybe intoxicants trigger something in some people, I don't know. I was no angel growing up but I always had a healthy fear of what my parents would do if I got caught doing something wrong. When I was little I got the belt across the backside on a few occassions. When I was a teen I mostly kept the pot smoking and drinking to a minimum because if I ever got caught, I feared my father would beat me so hard I would end up in the hospital. I knew right from wrong. I knew I had to go to school and work hard so that I could make something of myself some day. I thought we raised our kid with the same values.</p><p></p><p>When my son turned 14 he turned into a monster despite what my wife and I thought was a good upbringing during his childhood. He started hanging around with losers and drinking and doing drugs. We knew he smoked pot because he bragged about it to us. That blew my mind. I suspected it wasn't just pot he was on though, but he denied doing harder drugs and we were never able to actually prove it. But that's my boy, the only truths you get out of him are half-truths. Saying he was defiant is an understatement. Us, other relatives, teachers, cops, didn't matter, all authority figures were a joke to him. How do you punish your child when they simply laugh at you? He didn't even fear arrest because his little punk friends told him that the juvenile system was a joke. He thought he was all gangster for a white kid. He dressed the part, baggy pants and all you know. He even spray painted graffiti all over his bedroom wall. Got picked up by the cops for tagging too. Didn't matter, it was all just a joke to him. He stole from us and lied to our faces when questioned about it. From 14 to 17 was three years of sheer hell. We only got a break until his 18th because he was locked up for car theft at 17. To this day I just can't fathom what makes a good kid go horribly wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott_G, post: 604629, member: 16626"] Lately I have been spending time thinking about my life growing up and my sons life. I'm convinced that it's not just the drugs and/or alcohol. A lot of kids experiment with those things and they don't end up stealing cars and getting kicked out of school. Maybe intoxicants trigger something in some people, I don't know. I was no angel growing up but I always had a healthy fear of what my parents would do if I got caught doing something wrong. When I was little I got the belt across the backside on a few occassions. When I was a teen I mostly kept the pot smoking and drinking to a minimum because if I ever got caught, I feared my father would beat me so hard I would end up in the hospital. I knew right from wrong. I knew I had to go to school and work hard so that I could make something of myself some day. I thought we raised our kid with the same values. When my son turned 14 he turned into a monster despite what my wife and I thought was a good upbringing during his childhood. He started hanging around with losers and drinking and doing drugs. We knew he smoked pot because he bragged about it to us. That blew my mind. I suspected it wasn't just pot he was on though, but he denied doing harder drugs and we were never able to actually prove it. But that's my boy, the only truths you get out of him are half-truths. Saying he was defiant is an understatement. Us, other relatives, teachers, cops, didn't matter, all authority figures were a joke to him. How do you punish your child when they simply laugh at you? He didn't even fear arrest because his little punk friends told him that the juvenile system was a joke. He thought he was all gangster for a white kid. He dressed the part, baggy pants and all you know. He even spray painted graffiti all over his bedroom wall. Got picked up by the cops for tagging too. Didn't matter, it was all just a joke to him. He stole from us and lied to our faces when questioned about it. From 14 to 17 was three years of sheer hell. We only got a break until his 18th because he was locked up for car theft at 17. To this day I just can't fathom what makes a good kid go horribly wrong. [/QUOTE]
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