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It's A New Week, Mikey...How's It Going?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 61738" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Awww Mikey, Im sorry things are so bad between you and wife. The splitting goes on here too. There are times that it is me that is on the savior kick and other times its his dad.</p><p></p><p>I cant tell you how many times I have heard the old "I will change, I will be good, I will stop seeing my loser friends" routine. It doesnt last 24 hours. </p><p></p><p>Things will come to a head sooner or later. He will get caught doing something. Calling the cops on your own kid is one of the hardest things I ever did and I dont envy anyone who has to do it. Trying to get someone into rehab at his age or older is next to impossible if they arent begging to go. He can simply sign himself out when he wants to and end up right back home laughing at you. </p><p></p><p>I have watched drugs destroy families near me. So many deaths, accidents, lost lives. I know of 2 young adults that are either dead or permanently injured that live on my street that this happened to in the last 3 months. My son hung out with them his whole life. My own brother in law will never see his kids because Social Services has taken them away because of drugs. </p><p></p><p>I understand where both you and your wife are at. My son has stolen my car and my ATM card more times than I can count. I have called my husband countless times screaming at him to DO SOMETHING! Most of the time there is simply nothing we can do realistically. The law does tie your hands sometimes. Or we back down because we get tired. I didnt want my son to have a felony on his record when he first stole checks from me and wrote them when he was 16. He would have been charged as an adult and it would have been a felony even though he only wrote it for 20 bucks. I gave him another chance. My mistake probably.</p><p></p><p>He will have felonies now most likely if the courts do their jobs. Who really knows. I have detached as far as that goes. I cannot control him at all. If you guys think this stuff will stop when he hits 18, it wont. He will be arrested at some point. Few skate by. </p><p></p><p>None of this is easy. It is awful. We wanted so much more when we brought them home as little baby's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 61738, member: 1514"] Awww Mikey, Im sorry things are so bad between you and wife. The splitting goes on here too. There are times that it is me that is on the savior kick and other times its his dad. I cant tell you how many times I have heard the old "I will change, I will be good, I will stop seeing my loser friends" routine. It doesnt last 24 hours. Things will come to a head sooner or later. He will get caught doing something. Calling the cops on your own kid is one of the hardest things I ever did and I dont envy anyone who has to do it. Trying to get someone into rehab at his age or older is next to impossible if they arent begging to go. He can simply sign himself out when he wants to and end up right back home laughing at you. I have watched drugs destroy families near me. So many deaths, accidents, lost lives. I know of 2 young adults that are either dead or permanently injured that live on my street that this happened to in the last 3 months. My son hung out with them his whole life. My own brother in law will never see his kids because Social Services has taken them away because of drugs. I understand where both you and your wife are at. My son has stolen my car and my ATM card more times than I can count. I have called my husband countless times screaming at him to DO SOMETHING! Most of the time there is simply nothing we can do realistically. The law does tie your hands sometimes. Or we back down because we get tired. I didnt want my son to have a felony on his record when he first stole checks from me and wrote them when he was 16. He would have been charged as an adult and it would have been a felony even though he only wrote it for 20 bucks. I gave him another chance. My mistake probably. He will have felonies now most likely if the courts do their jobs. Who really knows. I have detached as far as that goes. I cannot control him at all. If you guys think this stuff will stop when he hits 18, it wont. He will be arrested at some point. Few skate by. None of this is easy. It is awful. We wanted so much more when we brought them home as little baby's. [/QUOTE]
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