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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 9218" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Hello, DDD,</p><p></p><p>I also saw the news about the two kidnapped boys. My husband and I had been out of the country in Mexico for a week for our anniversary and, while there, saw again firsthand the extreme hardship many of the people in that country deal with on a day-to-day basis. That, alone, makes us feel grateful for the bounty and opportunity most of us in the U.S. have available. It also made me stop and think about how much of that bounty and opportunity our son has wasted in his short life so far. He has never had to beg on street corners wearing filthy and tattered clothing as so many of the children we saw must do just to survive. So, relatively speaking, we've got it made, despite our trials and tribulations. </p><p></p><p>Our son is doing as well as can be expected, given who he is and his situation. He's still pushing the limits to some extent, i.e., when we were there last weekend, he asked to use my cell phone to call the program coordinator so that he could ask to go shopping for a jacket he wanted. Apparently, the easy child, because our son is on a 30-day "blackout" for being on the grounds with three boys smoking cigarettes a couple of days before Christmas, wasn't in much of a hurry to take him shopping at that moment and said "no." As it turned out, our son shouldn't have been calling him on our cell phone for any reason much less to go on a shopping expedition, and he knew this. However, considering how many much more serious situations have occurred at the home he is in, i.e, boys running away, sneaking in drugs and alcohol, etc., things could be much worse. </p><p></p><p>The good news is that I've gradually been able to separate myself somewhat from his actions and their consequences including the one I mentioned above. He's also decided that he doesn't need to call us every day. In his words: "Mom, I'm going to be 18 in seven months--I'm helping you get used to not hearing from me every day." Well, of course, I know very well that this is probably very self-serving on his part, but, oh well, he's right, and I DO need to let him go as he's living his own life, at least temporarily, apart from us at this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 9218, member: 1835"] Hello, DDD, I also saw the news about the two kidnapped boys. My husband and I had been out of the country in Mexico for a week for our anniversary and, while there, saw again firsthand the extreme hardship many of the people in that country deal with on a day-to-day basis. That, alone, makes us feel grateful for the bounty and opportunity most of us in the U.S. have available. It also made me stop and think about how much of that bounty and opportunity our son has wasted in his short life so far. He has never had to beg on street corners wearing filthy and tattered clothing as so many of the children we saw must do just to survive. So, relatively speaking, we've got it made, despite our trials and tribulations. Our son is doing as well as can be expected, given who he is and his situation. He's still pushing the limits to some extent, i.e., when we were there last weekend, he asked to use my cell phone to call the program coordinator so that he could ask to go shopping for a jacket he wanted. Apparently, the easy child, because our son is on a 30-day "blackout" for being on the grounds with three boys smoking cigarettes a couple of days before Christmas, wasn't in much of a hurry to take him shopping at that moment and said "no." As it turned out, our son shouldn't have been calling him on our cell phone for any reason much less to go on a shopping expedition, and he knew this. However, considering how many much more serious situations have occurred at the home he is in, i.e, boys running away, sneaking in drugs and alcohol, etc., things could be much worse. The good news is that I've gradually been able to separate myself somewhat from his actions and their consequences including the one I mentioned above. He's also decided that he doesn't need to call us every day. In his words: "Mom, I'm going to be 18 in seven months--I'm helping you get used to not hearing from me every day." Well, of course, I know very well that this is probably very self-serving on his part, but, oh well, he's right, and I DO need to let him go as he's living his own life, at least temporarily, apart from us at this point. [/QUOTE]
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