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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 622919" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>Well I can sympathize..... my son has been arrested numerous times. We have bailed him out and after a couple of times we stopped doing that. Eventually he got in enough trouble and then violated probation so he spent 2 months in jail waiting for them to get him into a treatment program through drug court. Although that was really hard on him, it also I think made him realize that is not where he wants to spend his time. He has now been in a program for 5 months (after many other programs in the past) and is doing pretty well.</p><p></p><p>Anyway it is hard to be the sort that never gets in trouble with the law and to find yourself with a son in jail. It is better than having a son who is homeless (I have done that too!). I agree with Kathy that people who know you and how supportive you have been will generally be supportive to you. However you get to decide what you are going to tell people and how much. It might help to come up with something you say to those people you dont know well who you dont want to tell.</p><p></p><p>Where we live the jail is in the county of our community college ... so I came up with if people asked about difficult child... Well he is studying criminal justice at X (the comm college and the name of the county) and he is living in Y (the name of the town where the jail is at) with a bunch of guys!! </p><p></p><p>Now in actuality I never actually used that except to make light of it.... but it helped me to make light of it. </p><p></p><p>TL</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent using ConductDisorders mobile app</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 622919, member: 15801"] Well I can sympathize..... my son has been arrested numerous times. We have bailed him out and after a couple of times we stopped doing that. Eventually he got in enough trouble and then violated probation so he spent 2 months in jail waiting for them to get him into a treatment program through drug court. Although that was really hard on him, it also I think made him realize that is not where he wants to spend his time. He has now been in a program for 5 months (after many other programs in the past) and is doing pretty well. Anyway it is hard to be the sort that never gets in trouble with the law and to find yourself with a son in jail. It is better than having a son who is homeless (I have done that too!). I agree with Kathy that people who know you and how supportive you have been will generally be supportive to you. However you get to decide what you are going to tell people and how much. It might help to come up with something you say to those people you dont know well who you dont want to tell. Where we live the jail is in the county of our community college ... so I came up with if people asked about difficult child... Well he is studying criminal justice at X (the comm college and the name of the county) and he is living in Y (the name of the town where the jail is at) with a bunch of guys!! Now in actuality I never actually used that except to make light of it.... but it helped me to make light of it. TL Sent using ConductDisorders mobile app [/QUOTE]
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