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<blockquote data-quote="Tired out" data-source="post: 747979" data-attributes="member: 23103"><p>You will read a lot here.</p><p>Don't absorb things you read here and think that your son is doing the same thing. Try to keep perspective on the situation.</p><p>I had to step a way from this site for a while becasue I found myself thinking more negatively of my son than what he was actually doing.</p><p>He is still spends money unwisely and needs help due to over spending but he isn't spending it on drugs or alcohol, unless he has a way to get money that isn't being deposited into his account. I can see the money that goes into and comes out of his account. </p><p></p><p>Your older boy, the dad needs to really ask himself if he wants to still be throwing money at the man and him not working and taking care of himself in 10 years. that's what it will be if he doesn't have to support himself.</p><p></p><p>Your younger boy. Will he talk to a therapist. Can he put his finger on anything that makes him happy? Sounds silly but what about a pet? Since your younger guy sounds like he is scared to turn out like his older brother he really needs something to lift him and show him he doesn't need to be that way. Maybe his first semester of college needs to be electives and easier classes maybe he can go through the offerings and find something that makes him want to go to college.</p><p></p><p>I feel bad for all these kids that are having such a rough time in high school and transition in to adulthood. I think things are a lot harder than when I was that age. Heck..I went to college, married my college sweetheart and down the yellow brick road we went. Didn't get to the rabbit hole with the wicked slide till the youngest turned 16.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tired out, post: 747979, member: 23103"] You will read a lot here. Don't absorb things you read here and think that your son is doing the same thing. Try to keep perspective on the situation. I had to step a way from this site for a while becasue I found myself thinking more negatively of my son than what he was actually doing. He is still spends money unwisely and needs help due to over spending but he isn't spending it on drugs or alcohol, unless he has a way to get money that isn't being deposited into his account. I can see the money that goes into and comes out of his account. Your older boy, the dad needs to really ask himself if he wants to still be throwing money at the man and him not working and taking care of himself in 10 years. that's what it will be if he doesn't have to support himself. Your younger boy. Will he talk to a therapist. Can he put his finger on anything that makes him happy? Sounds silly but what about a pet? Since your younger guy sounds like he is scared to turn out like his older brother he really needs something to lift him and show him he doesn't need to be that way. Maybe his first semester of college needs to be electives and easier classes maybe he can go through the offerings and find something that makes him want to go to college. I feel bad for all these kids that are having such a rough time in high school and transition in to adulthood. I think things are a lot harder than when I was that age. Heck..I went to college, married my college sweetheart and down the yellow brick road we went. Didn't get to the rabbit hole with the wicked slide till the youngest turned 16. [/QUOTE]
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