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Anyone ever had a family member in a group home setting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 758942" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Dear Barbaro</p><p></p><p>I think I would try to stay out of this difficult situation. While it is terrible what happened to your friend, it is better that he knows what he is getting into before he enters this family, I believe. What we go through as parents, nobody should have to go through. When somebody voluntarily enters a family with a troubled child or adult child they take on the struggles of their partner and they (ideally) share them and share the burdens and responsibilities.</p><p></p><p>That said if a 23 or 24 year old adult person attacks and beats up another person that is felony assault. The mother and any other person near that adult child is in danger. This young person requires another specialized living situation. All of this falls upon the mother to deal with. Your friend who is in love with her can choose or not to support her to go tIhrough this agonizing process of confronting the reality of her (their) situation. </p><p></p><p>If a person is a danger to others I think that this might expedite the process to secure a suitable alternative living situation for this young man, because of the risks. I believe that the courts and the probation department might be involved. I am unclear actually why he is still living in the home, as he is clearly a danger to others, which in my state demands immediate hospitalization according to the law.</p><p></p><p>If I were you I would stay clear of this situation in terms of giving advice as it would be a minefield. There are too many emotions and vacillations that might arise, that would make it unpredictable and volatile, however sad this is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 758942, member: 18958"] Dear Barbaro I think I would try to stay out of this difficult situation. While it is terrible what happened to your friend, it is better that he knows what he is getting into before he enters this family, I believe. What we go through as parents, nobody should have to go through. When somebody voluntarily enters a family with a troubled child or adult child they take on the struggles of their partner and they (ideally) share them and share the burdens and responsibilities. That said if a 23 or 24 year old adult person attacks and beats up another person that is felony assault. The mother and any other person near that adult child is in danger. This young person requires another specialized living situation. All of this falls upon the mother to deal with. Your friend who is in love with her can choose or not to support her to go tIhrough this agonizing process of confronting the reality of her (their) situation. If a person is a danger to others I think that this might expedite the process to secure a suitable alternative living situation for this young man, because of the risks. I believe that the courts and the probation department might be involved. I am unclear actually why he is still living in the home, as he is clearly a danger to others, which in my state demands immediate hospitalization according to the law. If I were you I would stay clear of this situation in terms of giving advice as it would be a minefield. There are too many emotions and vacillations that might arise, that would make it unpredictable and volatile, however sad this is. [/QUOTE]
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