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14 year old step-son is scaring me
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<blockquote data-quote="graceupongrace" data-source="post: 283340" data-attributes="member: 7371"><p>nomad,</p><p></p><p>I truly appreciate your desire to be the protector. But you may want to broaden your definition of what being the protector means. Standing guard over a terrified family is one way, but it's destroying you, and it isn't really helping them. Taking drastic action is another way of protecting the people who are being harmed by this situation -- including the ones you don't know about, such as the neighbor kids, and the ones who no doubt will be harmed when your dangerous stepson crosses their path.</p><p></p><p>He may be able to act as if nothing is wrong with him, but there is something seriously, <em>seriously</em> wrong. Even teens having testosterone-fueled fits of anger don't do the things your ss has done. </p><p></p><p>As parents of difficult children, we sometimes push the line of acceptable behavior a little further, and then a little further still, hoping they'll turn around. But your ss has made it clear through words and actions that there is no line he will not cross. <span style="color: Red"><em><strong>Please don't wait until it's too late.</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><em><strong></strong></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graceupongrace, post: 283340, member: 7371"] nomad, I truly appreciate your desire to be the protector. But you may want to broaden your definition of what being the protector means. Standing guard over a terrified family is one way, but it's destroying you, and it isn't really helping them. Taking drastic action is another way of protecting the people who are being harmed by this situation -- including the ones you don't know about, such as the neighbor kids, and the ones who no doubt will be harmed when your dangerous stepson crosses their path. He may be able to act as if nothing is wrong with him, but there is something seriously, [I]seriously[/I] wrong. Even teens having testosterone-fueled fits of anger don't do the things your ss has done. As parents of difficult children, we sometimes push the line of acceptable behavior a little further, and then a little further still, hoping they'll turn around. But your ss has made it clear through words and actions that there is no line he will not cross. [COLOR=Red][I][B]Please don't wait until it's too late. [/B][/I][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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