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17 1/2 year old,needs to leave when 18...help
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 120903" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Peg,</p><p></p><p>Move the $$$ to another bank. First thing, so he doesn't know where it is and try to get the checks/moneycard/bankbook/whatever.</p><p></p><p>My thought is if you set him up he will NOT be able to stay there when $$$ runs out. And if he is admitting to pot, there is more. Rehab is expensive. So moving the $$$ and telling him you used it to replace your depleted funds from other expenses, well, it won't hurt him.</p><p></p><p>Does he want to repair cars? Be a chef? Join the circus? Have any idea?? At some point he may need job training or tools, then the $$$ will be there. But it just doesn't seem logical to me to use the funds when untreated bipolar can so often need medication/therapy/etc and young men will need help in the future. I don't know what you are able to do with-o the $$$, but on his 18th birthday he should be eligible for low income housing, etc.... Let him go this route and then develop some reasonable ambition? Seems like a more useful way to use the $$$, in my humble opinion.</p><p></p><p>This was my thought behind it. </p><p></p><p>BUT if he is using drugs he will end up with court costs from arrests, quite likely. It would then be nice to have the $$$ to pay for a good attorney. AND if he is using drugs on what he makes, then when he has bills he will want to get "his" $$$$, even if he has to break in and steal the bank book or whatever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 120903, member: 1233"] Peg, Move the $$$ to another bank. First thing, so he doesn't know where it is and try to get the checks/moneycard/bankbook/whatever. My thought is if you set him up he will NOT be able to stay there when $$$ runs out. And if he is admitting to pot, there is more. Rehab is expensive. So moving the $$$ and telling him you used it to replace your depleted funds from other expenses, well, it won't hurt him. Does he want to repair cars? Be a chef? Join the circus? Have any idea?? At some point he may need job training or tools, then the $$$ will be there. But it just doesn't seem logical to me to use the funds when untreated bipolar can so often need medication/therapy/etc and young men will need help in the future. I don't know what you are able to do with-o the $$$, but on his 18th birthday he should be eligible for low income housing, etc.... Let him go this route and then develop some reasonable ambition? Seems like a more useful way to use the $$$, in my humble opinion. This was my thought behind it. BUT if he is using drugs he will end up with court costs from arrests, quite likely. It would then be nice to have the $$$ to pay for a good attorney. AND if he is using drugs on what he makes, then when he has bills he will want to get "his" $$$$, even if he has to break in and steal the bank book or whatever. [/QUOTE]
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