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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 745698" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Because he's a child, and he's your child. Of course his distress affects you, and of course you feel for him.</p><p></p><p>I feel for him, too. He is in way over his head.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps this may be a blessing in disguise. If probation gets involved, maybe they will send him to a residential treatment center and he will be able to get help.</p><p></p><p>What is your legal status? Do you have share legal custody with his father?</p><p></p><p>I am unclear. You mention marijuana. And then you mention he steals to buy drugs. Are you referring to marijuana, here?</p><p></p><p>I believe that telling the truth is the right thing. I would explain it to him this way: You have been hitting and hurting people. Your brothers are little. Until you are safe to be around, you cannot be around them.</p><p></p><p>But the thing is, he may not know how to control his aggression. He may be a victim, here, too, of his aggressive and impulsive actions. I think he needs residential treatment where he can be contained, diagnosed and treated. He may not be a bad boy. But have some yet undiagnosed condition. There is another thread that is active right now by Baggy Bags. Her teenage son is showing some of the same behaviors. You might want to read some of her threads.</p><p></p><p>I am so very sorry this is happening. It is so very, very hard. For me, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 745698, member: 18958"] Because he's a child, and he's your child. Of course his distress affects you, and of course you feel for him. I feel for him, too. He is in way over his head. Perhaps this may be a blessing in disguise. If probation gets involved, maybe they will send him to a residential treatment center and he will be able to get help. What is your legal status? Do you have share legal custody with his father? I am unclear. You mention marijuana. And then you mention he steals to buy drugs. Are you referring to marijuana, here? I believe that telling the truth is the right thing. I would explain it to him this way: You have been hitting and hurting people. Your brothers are little. Until you are safe to be around, you cannot be around them. But the thing is, he may not know how to control his aggression. He may be a victim, here, too, of his aggressive and impulsive actions. I think he needs residential treatment where he can be contained, diagnosed and treated. He may not be a bad boy. But have some yet undiagnosed condition. There is another thread that is active right now by Baggy Bags. Her teenage son is showing some of the same behaviors. You might want to read some of her threads. I am so very sorry this is happening. It is so very, very hard. For me, too. [/QUOTE]
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