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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 37758" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Well, only one little hitch over the weekend so far. </p><p></p><p>Our son's many friends have been in and out all day Friday and yesterday. I know it was difficult for him to watch them leave, knowing they were off to the movies, parties, etc., and he couldn't go unless he cared to have his dad or me accompany him. Yeah...right! </p><p></p><p>He's kept up a running dialogue about who is still "ruining his/her life" because of pot and other drugs and who has given drugs up (like him...he says). The only time he baulked was yesterday when a couple of friends, one of whom is in the still-ruining-his-life category and one who is not (the driver) were, we thought, walking down to the intersection at the end of our street where there is a fast-food place, although it turned out that they were driving.</p><p></p><p>We had been told that he needed to be under our supervision, so we had limited him to dropping by our neighbors' homes, but only if they were within our eyesight and only for a few minutes. </p><p></p><p>When he asked if he could go with the two friends to buy a hamburger, we okayed it since it was so close but told him that he needed to be back in a few minutes.</p><p></p><p>After ten minutes went by, we began to get anxious. My husband drove down to the end of the street and called to tell me that the boys weren't there. I immediately called my son on his cell phone, and he told me he'd be home in a few seconds and that they had actually driven to a oriental fast-food place a mile away.</p><p></p><p>My husband and I were VERY annoyed. When he came in (with bags from the oriental place), he sent his friends to his room and apologized, saying that the driver had changed his mind about what he wanted to eat, and "How can I tell someone who's driving where he can or can't go?" I told him that that was probably the point of his PO telling him that he needed to be accompanied by his PARENTS rather his his friends, as we actually CARE about him keeping to the rules his PO set forth whereas his friends obviously don't! </p><p></p><p>I'm not certain just what his PO would have done, had she seen him out and about with two friends, even though he was only gone for fifteen minutes and there were no drugs or alcohol around. </p><p></p><p>Just another reminder that bending the rules, even a bit, doesn't work...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 37758, member: 1835"] Well, only one little hitch over the weekend so far. Our son's many friends have been in and out all day Friday and yesterday. I know it was difficult for him to watch them leave, knowing they were off to the movies, parties, etc., and he couldn't go unless he cared to have his dad or me accompany him. Yeah...right! He's kept up a running dialogue about who is still "ruining his/her life" because of pot and other drugs and who has given drugs up (like him...he says). The only time he baulked was yesterday when a couple of friends, one of whom is in the still-ruining-his-life category and one who is not (the driver) were, we thought, walking down to the intersection at the end of our street where there is a fast-food place, although it turned out that they were driving. We had been told that he needed to be under our supervision, so we had limited him to dropping by our neighbors' homes, but only if they were within our eyesight and only for a few minutes. When he asked if he could go with the two friends to buy a hamburger, we okayed it since it was so close but told him that he needed to be back in a few minutes. After ten minutes went by, we began to get anxious. My husband drove down to the end of the street and called to tell me that the boys weren't there. I immediately called my son on his cell phone, and he told me he'd be home in a few seconds and that they had actually driven to a oriental fast-food place a mile away. My husband and I were VERY annoyed. When he came in (with bags from the oriental place), he sent his friends to his room and apologized, saying that the driver had changed his mind about what he wanted to eat, and "How can I tell someone who's driving where he can or can't go?" I told him that that was probably the point of his PO telling him that he needed to be accompanied by his PARENTS rather his his friends, as we actually CARE about him keeping to the rules his PO set forth whereas his friends obviously don't! I'm not certain just what his PO would have done, had she seen him out and about with two friends, even though he was only gone for fifteen minutes and there were no drugs or alcohol around. Just another reminder that bending the rules, even a bit, doesn't work... [/QUOTE]
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