Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Afraid of Losing My Family
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="2confused" data-source="post: 509231" data-attributes="member: 13893"><p>I am new here too, but your son sounds like a clone of mine right now. He is very manipulative, blaming, and lies about "just about everything." If he doesn't agree with our rules or consequences, he becomes angry to the point of damaging property. He had a bad start to the school year (truant for 9 days), but pulled himself together enough to pass. He's in 2nd semester now and grades are high though. He's a smart kid who makes a great impression outside of our home, but I have found pot/alcohol/paraphenalia on many occasions. This, along with his "entitlement issues" causes the majority of our discord. He is verbally abusive and often stays out all night without permission. After several different attempts at counseling, we have finally filed a petition for court-assisted boundaries, as he respects none of ours. He will likely be put into a program with random drug testing, mandatory counseling, and mandatory curfew. We are very nervous about how he will take this, but we've been doing all we can for over a year without success, and knowing that he can be a successful, responsible person, we didn't know where else to turn, other than wilderness camps (expensive and long term success is not the norm unless his environment changes afterwards - and we could not afford camp AND boarding school), or ?. Honestly not sure we are doing the right thing, but it is SOME thing - rather than trying to wait it out and watch him go down the tubes. He is hanging with a "fast" crowd, and feel like he's just trying to latch onto a peer group of any kind right now. I feel your pain, and hope things work out for you and your son. The situtation is truly draining and frightening... I'm not much help here, but you can know you are not alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2confused, post: 509231, member: 13893"] I am new here too, but your son sounds like a clone of mine right now. He is very manipulative, blaming, and lies about "just about everything." If he doesn't agree with our rules or consequences, he becomes angry to the point of damaging property. He had a bad start to the school year (truant for 9 days), but pulled himself together enough to pass. He's in 2nd semester now and grades are high though. He's a smart kid who makes a great impression outside of our home, but I have found pot/alcohol/paraphenalia on many occasions. This, along with his "entitlement issues" causes the majority of our discord. He is verbally abusive and often stays out all night without permission. After several different attempts at counseling, we have finally filed a petition for court-assisted boundaries, as he respects none of ours. He will likely be put into a program with random drug testing, mandatory counseling, and mandatory curfew. We are very nervous about how he will take this, but we've been doing all we can for over a year without success, and knowing that he can be a successful, responsible person, we didn't know where else to turn, other than wilderness camps (expensive and long term success is not the norm unless his environment changes afterwards - and we could not afford camp AND boarding school), or ?. Honestly not sure we are doing the right thing, but it is SOME thing - rather than trying to wait it out and watch him go down the tubes. He is hanging with a "fast" crowd, and feel like he's just trying to latch onto a peer group of any kind right now. I feel your pain, and hope things work out for you and your son. The situtation is truly draining and frightening... I'm not much help here, but you can know you are not alone. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Afraid of Losing My Family
Top