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<blockquote data-quote="rose2lilly" data-source="post: 91215" data-attributes="member: 4255"><p>Thanks for the welcome and sharing.</p><p></p><p>I didn't mention that we sent our difficult child to a wilderness program last April and then on to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) in Utah for a year. He came home at the end of May. He did okay for about a month, got bored and turned to his old user friends. He started running away when he didn't like our rules and curfews. We said "No"; he ran away. One time he was gone for 6 days! We call the police everytime, but it is so frustrating when all they do is bring him back home. It's a never ending circle. However, when they brought him back home after his time away for six days, difficult child threatened to stab his dad and me if the police made him go in the house. The police did an emergency petition to have him evaulated and he ended up spending 6 days in a mental health hospital. But, that only made him angrier. </p><p></p><p>When I referred to his "criminal" activity, I meant robberies and thefts mostly. I know his drug use and truancy is criminal as well. In Maryland, we have a CHINS program (Child in Need of Supervision) which describes our difficult child to a tee. The only problem is, he needs to be arrested on some criminal activity before he can be admitted into the program. Running away is not a crime and, I guess unless he gets caught, the drug use can't be used against him. I've called Social Services. They have a placement program, but he needs to come voluntarily. Yeah, right!</p><p></p><p>Of course, the wilderness program and Residential Treatment Center (RTC) drained our financial resources so we are limited in what we can do now. But, I keep looking! I decided I didn't want to throw him out yet because I don't want to risk him leaving and never hearing from him again.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and husband and I are on the same page. We are very supportive of each other and I'm amazed our marriage hasn't been affected by all of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rose2lilly, post: 91215, member: 4255"] Thanks for the welcome and sharing. I didn't mention that we sent our difficult child to a wilderness program last April and then on to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) in Utah for a year. He came home at the end of May. He did okay for about a month, got bored and turned to his old user friends. He started running away when he didn't like our rules and curfews. We said "No"; he ran away. One time he was gone for 6 days! We call the police everytime, but it is so frustrating when all they do is bring him back home. It's a never ending circle. However, when they brought him back home after his time away for six days, difficult child threatened to stab his dad and me if the police made him go in the house. The police did an emergency petition to have him evaulated and he ended up spending 6 days in a mental health hospital. But, that only made him angrier. When I referred to his "criminal" activity, I meant robberies and thefts mostly. I know his drug use and truancy is criminal as well. In Maryland, we have a CHINS program (Child in Need of Supervision) which describes our difficult child to a tee. The only problem is, he needs to be arrested on some criminal activity before he can be admitted into the program. Running away is not a crime and, I guess unless he gets caught, the drug use can't be used against him. I've called Social Services. They have a placement program, but he needs to come voluntarily. Yeah, right! Of course, the wilderness program and Residential Treatment Center (RTC) drained our financial resources so we are limited in what we can do now. But, I keep looking! I decided I didn't want to throw him out yet because I don't want to risk him leaving and never hearing from him again. Oh, and husband and I are on the same page. We are very supportive of each other and I'm amazed our marriage hasn't been affected by all of this. [/QUOTE]
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