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I feel like I "can't" discipline my depressed teen
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 678454" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>He is behaving in ways that show you he cannot be trusted to be in the house when you are not there. Therefore... perhaps it is time for him to learn how to spend the day outside of the house? He can go to the library, for example. Something. Anything except be at home when you are not there.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>I'm assuming his computer is attached to YOUR internet connection. You have the total right to control when that is available. It definitely doesn't need to be available at night, and not when you are out of the home.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>Been there done that. For quite a few years, one of us stayed home ALL of the time, so that our difficult kid was not left alone. Partly for our safety and partly for his safety. It was a very long road. It is much harder as a single mom. Nobody gets a break.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>He is too young to exercise this option. If he were already 18, maybe. But he NEEDS to be in school - or some alternative school solution that will keep him moving forward. He doesn't get to just decide he's "not doing school". Not at 16. Either that OR... he has to <em>immediately</em> switch to full-time work. As in... either he is in school full time, or working full time, or some appropriate balance between the two. And if he is working, he needs to be paying board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 678454, member: 11791"] He is behaving in ways that show you he cannot be trusted to be in the house when you are not there. Therefore... perhaps it is time for him to learn how to spend the day outside of the house? He can go to the library, for example. Something. Anything except be at home when you are not there. I'm assuming his computer is attached to YOUR internet connection. You have the total right to control when that is available. It definitely doesn't need to be available at night, and not when you are out of the home. Been there done that. For quite a few years, one of us stayed home ALL of the time, so that our difficult kid was not left alone. Partly for our safety and partly for his safety. It was a very long road. It is much harder as a single mom. Nobody gets a break. He is too young to exercise this option. If he were already 18, maybe. But he NEEDS to be in school - or some alternative school solution that will keep him moving forward. He doesn't get to just decide he's "not doing school". Not at 16. Either that OR... he has to [I]immediately[/I] switch to full-time work. As in... either he is in school full time, or working full time, or some appropriate balance between the two. And if he is working, he needs to be paying board. [/QUOTE]
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