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17 yr old son doing drugs, hanging w members of a gang in NY
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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 675499" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Defiant child -</p><p></p><p>I am sorry to hear about your difficulties with your younger son. Although my Difficult Child did not ever do drugs and he liked school well enough in HS to have an almost perfect attendance record, I worried because he had been diagnosed with ODD/anxiety in elementary school and I feared he would become a sociopath (my sister is one, I am certain and I have no contact with her as a result). He is now 21, in college and while he will probably never be the most empathetic person around, his brain has matured to the point where I no longer fear sociopathy, as I did when he was your son's age. So there is hope.</p><p></p><p>When you mentioned your rabbi, I had a thought. I am also Jewish and from the NYC area. A friend of mine who has a son who is now in his mid-20's, sent him to live on a kibbutz for about 6 months when he was at his worst (18 or 19, I think). You might be able to find a program where he can do his work in the kitchen instead of in the field. My friend's son, a true North Shore boy, had to give vaccines to cows! This young man is now self-supporting and no longer does drugs. I don't know how religious your family is but there are kibbutzim which are more secular in nature and focus. I thought about sending my son there but I couldn't afford it and he decided to go to college instead.</p><p></p><p>Good luck to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 675499, member: 3493"] Defiant child - I am sorry to hear about your difficulties with your younger son. Although my Difficult Child did not ever do drugs and he liked school well enough in HS to have an almost perfect attendance record, I worried because he had been diagnosed with ODD/anxiety in elementary school and I feared he would become a sociopath (my sister is one, I am certain and I have no contact with her as a result). He is now 21, in college and while he will probably never be the most empathetic person around, his brain has matured to the point where I no longer fear sociopathy, as I did when he was your son's age. So there is hope. When you mentioned your rabbi, I had a thought. I am also Jewish and from the NYC area. A friend of mine who has a son who is now in his mid-20's, sent him to live on a kibbutz for about 6 months when he was at his worst (18 or 19, I think). You might be able to find a program where he can do his work in the kitchen instead of in the field. My friend's son, a true North Shore boy, had to give vaccines to cows! This young man is now self-supporting and no longer does drugs. I don't know how religious your family is but there are kibbutzim which are more secular in nature and focus. I thought about sending my son there but I couldn't afford it and he decided to go to college instead. Good luck to you. [/QUOTE]
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