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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 34833" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mom_in_training</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"...And what do you wanna bet that the parents of those kiddos are doing nothing to pull their kids back in the hopes that they will travel down a different path.(A good path)...</div></div></p><p></p><p>Hmmm... Let's see:</p><p></p><p>Friend #1 (F1): Parents were crackheads, dad probably still smokes pot. F1 broke his wrist skateboarding - I bandaged it up and told him to get to the hospital. Went to his house the next day, Dad said "well, it didn't seem to be bothering him, so I didn't take him. He's out boarding now, so I guess it's okay..." F1 has broken several bones, never been to a doctor, parent's don't care. Probably never notices the pain because he's stoned day and night.</p><p></p><p>Friend #2 (F2): Dropout, works, but stays stoned all the time. Comes and goes when he wants (he's 17), comes in drunk and nobody cares. Stays out all night and nobody cares.</p><p></p><p>Friend #3 (F3): Dad is still toking; F3 lived in basement, and got a joint thrown down the stairs to her by dear old dad whenever she flicked the stairway lights. Was the local pothead hangout until F3 moved somewhere else (probably because her dad heard that the cops were going to be called for letting kids smoke and cook hash oil in his house).</p><p></p><p>Friend #4 (F4): Divorced parents, goes to same alternative school. Parents don't care what she does. Her house was the local pothead hangout (in the parking lot, anyway) until F3 came along. Nice girl, major league pothead, got sent to alt ed school as "last chance" because of drug and other problems.</p><p></p><p>Friend #5 (F5) Especially sad. Mom got preggers at 16 to spite her parents, married a <strong>rich</strong> local man (lots of those in this county). Kid is spoiled rotten, money to burn, parents financed his Mustang Cobra for him, lets him come in late at night with no questions asked. Often lets his friends hang out overnight to dry out or come down. Is a drunk himself. Funny enough, F5's mom built a new million-dollar house out in "the country" to get F5 out of their neighborhood - it seems that there were several parents nearby who put on booze parties for their teens, and she didn't want her son influenced by <em>"those people".</em></p><p></p><p>Former Friend #6 (F6): Tourette's, other disorders, severe ADD. Stays stoned day and night, parents let him toke up because he's easier to manage stoned than sober. His dad once rolled him "the best joint he ever smoked". No longer a friend because he didn't invite my son over one night when he was toking up with someone else - lied and said he was grounded (sheesh - can you imagine someone getting angry because you lied to them about when you were smoking a joint?)</p><p></p><p>Friend #7 (F7): On house arrest for posession of pot and drug paraphanalia. All three sons smoke cigs in/around the house, and cause their parents lots of grief. My difficult child son is F7's current chauffeur to/from the few places allowed by house arrest. Unfortunately, F7's sister is my easy child daughter's best friend.</p><p></p><p>Need I go on? I could, but it's too depressing. The only thing they all have in common, though, is that the parents are either too defeated, too busy, too sympathetic towards drugs, too ovewhelmed, or simply too damned ignorant to care.</p><p></p><p>And how, oh how, did my kid ever wander into this swamp? Granted, it was partly because I wasn't looking, but how did he ever end up with such a wonderful group of "friends"? With friends like that, it's a wonder he can make any progress at all.</p><p></p><p>Pardon me while I go barf and eat some more Xanax...</p><p></p><p> :faint:</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 34833, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mom_in_training</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"...And what do you wanna bet that the parents of those kiddos are doing nothing to pull their kids back in the hopes that they will travel down a different path.(A good path)...</div></div> Hmmm... Let's see: Friend #1 (F1): Parents were crackheads, dad probably still smokes pot. F1 broke his wrist skateboarding - I bandaged it up and told him to get to the hospital. Went to his house the next day, Dad said "well, it didn't seem to be bothering him, so I didn't take him. He's out boarding now, so I guess it's okay..." F1 has broken several bones, never been to a doctor, parent's don't care. Probably never notices the pain because he's stoned day and night. Friend #2 (F2): Dropout, works, but stays stoned all the time. Comes and goes when he wants (he's 17), comes in drunk and nobody cares. Stays out all night and nobody cares. Friend #3 (F3): Dad is still toking; F3 lived in basement, and got a joint thrown down the stairs to her by dear old dad whenever she flicked the stairway lights. Was the local pothead hangout until F3 moved somewhere else (probably because her dad heard that the cops were going to be called for letting kids smoke and cook hash oil in his house). Friend #4 (F4): Divorced parents, goes to same alternative school. Parents don't care what she does. Her house was the local pothead hangout (in the parking lot, anyway) until F3 came along. Nice girl, major league pothead, got sent to alt ed school as "last chance" because of drug and other problems. Friend #5 (F5) Especially sad. Mom got preggers at 16 to spite her parents, married a [b]rich[/b] local man (lots of those in this county). Kid is spoiled rotten, money to burn, parents financed his Mustang Cobra for him, lets him come in late at night with no questions asked. Often lets his friends hang out overnight to dry out or come down. Is a drunk himself. Funny enough, F5's mom built a new million-dollar house out in "the country" to get F5 out of their neighborhood - it seems that there were several parents nearby who put on booze parties for their teens, and she didn't want her son influenced by [i]"those people".[/i] Former Friend #6 (F6): Tourette's, other disorders, severe ADD. Stays stoned day and night, parents let him toke up because he's easier to manage stoned than sober. His dad once rolled him "the best joint he ever smoked". No longer a friend because he didn't invite my son over one night when he was toking up with someone else - lied and said he was grounded (sheesh - can you imagine someone getting angry because you lied to them about when you were smoking a joint?) Friend #7 (F7): On house arrest for posession of pot and drug paraphanalia. All three sons smoke cigs in/around the house, and cause their parents lots of grief. My difficult child son is F7's current chauffeur to/from the few places allowed by house arrest. Unfortunately, F7's sister is my easy child daughter's best friend. Need I go on? I could, but it's too depressing. The only thing they all have in common, though, is that the parents are either too defeated, too busy, too sympathetic towards drugs, too ovewhelmed, or simply too damned ignorant to care. And how, oh how, did my kid ever wander into this swamp? Granted, it was partly because I wasn't looking, but how did he ever end up with such a wonderful group of "friends"? With friends like that, it's a wonder he can make any progress at all. Pardon me while I go barf and eat some more Xanax... [img]:faint:[/img] Mikey [/QUOTE]
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