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Cut-up staw--used for anything besides Cocaine?
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<blockquote data-quote="SunnyFlorida" data-source="post: 78447" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>Although there were some negatives that happened while you were gone, and you knew there would be, it sounds like there were some positives as well.</p><p></p><p>That's a good sign that difficult child called and talked with you. It's an even better sign that difficult child realizes, or says he does, that he doesn't want the responsibility any more. It also sounds like he realized how quickly things can go from zero to sixty!</p><p></p><p>It sounds like good judgement was used by calling for assistance when someone needed it. Mushroom kid will have his own consequences.</p><p></p><p>I remember husband and I left our difficult child's home for a weekend many years ago. Things got out of hand and escalated. They wanted to handle it on their own but sister in law took over.</p><p></p><p>Instead of bringing the hammer down on them, we chose to not allow them to remain in our home alone at any time. We also discussed with them, calmly, that things could have gotten worse and their lives and our property were very important to us. We restricted their use of our property until they could show good judgement and took care of things to our expectations. I gotta tell you though, this incident with my difficult child's occurred probably about 4yrs ago. It's only been in the last year that we've allowed difficult child 2 to use our property (boat) by himself. It takes....time, time for them to learn that our way works, and our way preserves the property. </p><p></p><p>Too bad difficult child's are so hard headed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SunnyFlorida, post: 78447, member: 696"] Although there were some negatives that happened while you were gone, and you knew there would be, it sounds like there were some positives as well. That's a good sign that difficult child called and talked with you. It's an even better sign that difficult child realizes, or says he does, that he doesn't want the responsibility any more. It also sounds like he realized how quickly things can go from zero to sixty! It sounds like good judgement was used by calling for assistance when someone needed it. Mushroom kid will have his own consequences. I remember husband and I left our difficult child's home for a weekend many years ago. Things got out of hand and escalated. They wanted to handle it on their own but sister in law took over. Instead of bringing the hammer down on them, we chose to not allow them to remain in our home alone at any time. We also discussed with them, calmly, that things could have gotten worse and their lives and our property were very important to us. We restricted their use of our property until they could show good judgement and took care of things to our expectations. I gotta tell you though, this incident with my difficult child's occurred probably about 4yrs ago. It's only been in the last year that we've allowed difficult child 2 to use our property (boat) by himself. It takes....time, time for them to learn that our way works, and our way preserves the property. Too bad difficult child's are so hard headed. [/QUOTE]
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