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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 750855" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I have a mentally ill son of the same age and with many of the same characteristics. He is brilliant intellectually, but sadly, at this point it is a waste because he cannot function in society.</p><p></p><p>He has been in and out of our lives, by his choice, since he was 15 years old. He is now closer to us than he has ever been due to factors outside his control (legal). </p><p></p><p>He is taking very small steps in a direction we consider right - a lawful, compliant, prosocial direction. It is not a path that comes naturally or easily to him, frankly. He whines and complains about the unfairness of it all every chance he gets. How awful it is that he cannot sleep until noon every day if he chooses. How unfair it is that he has to work at a menial job because he does not have a HS diploma and isn't qualified for positions better suited to his interests and talents. How unfair it is that he has to work at all.</p><p></p><p>His entire life he has searched for an easy way out. And he is only progressing now because his choices have narrowed to two: comply, or be jailed to await the outcome of a felony trial.</p><p></p><p>Once his case is fully processed through the courts, we don't know whether he will drift back to his old ways. It's possible. But for now we are trying to celebrate the very small wins. He should be in college and on his way to a career of his choice, using his formidable academic and intellectual mind to build a promising future for himself. Instead he is working a minimum wage job, making very little effort to obtain his HS diploma though a path for this is open for him, and full of big talk, and lots of complaints, with very little action. </p><p></p><p>We cannot control them. We can only take care of ourselves and set the boundaries we need to remain sane.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 750855, member: 13303"] Hi there, I have a mentally ill son of the same age and with many of the same characteristics. He is brilliant intellectually, but sadly, at this point it is a waste because he cannot function in society. He has been in and out of our lives, by his choice, since he was 15 years old. He is now closer to us than he has ever been due to factors outside his control (legal). He is taking very small steps in a direction we consider right - a lawful, compliant, prosocial direction. It is not a path that comes naturally or easily to him, frankly. He whines and complains about the unfairness of it all every chance he gets. How awful it is that he cannot sleep until noon every day if he chooses. How unfair it is that he has to work at a menial job because he does not have a HS diploma and isn't qualified for positions better suited to his interests and talents. How unfair it is that he has to work at all. His entire life he has searched for an easy way out. And he is only progressing now because his choices have narrowed to two: comply, or be jailed to await the outcome of a felony trial. Once his case is fully processed through the courts, we don't know whether he will drift back to his old ways. It's possible. But for now we are trying to celebrate the very small wins. He should be in college and on his way to a career of his choice, using his formidable academic and intellectual mind to build a promising future for himself. Instead he is working a minimum wage job, making very little effort to obtain his HS diploma though a path for this is open for him, and full of big talk, and lots of complaints, with very little action. We cannot control them. We can only take care of ourselves and set the boundaries we need to remain sane. [/QUOTE]
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