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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 340108" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>K--</p><p> </p><p>It sounds to me as though your difficult child has created a new self-image for himself. He's the cool, super-tough guy with a rap sheet, now. So naturally, he wants to do what all the other super-cool tough guys are doings--staying out all night, smoking drinking, smoking pot etc.</p><p> </p><p>on the other hand--he doesn't realize that is a separate road from doing well in school, graduating, going on to college and having a nice life. In his mind, there is no reason he cannot do both. He can be super-cool now AND still get a college scholarship.</p><p> </p><p>At age 15? I'm not sure how much you will be able to reason with him. He's going to have to make his own choices....</p><p> </p><p>and if he chooses the 'tough-guy" role, he is going to learn the hard way that that road is pretty short.</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyFace</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 340108, member: 6546"] K-- It sounds to me as though your difficult child has created a new self-image for himself. He's the cool, super-tough guy with a rap sheet, now. So naturally, he wants to do what all the other super-cool tough guys are doings--staying out all night, smoking drinking, smoking pot etc. on the other hand--he doesn't realize that is a separate road from doing well in school, graduating, going on to college and having a nice life. In his mind, there is no reason he cannot do both. He can be super-cool now AND still get a college scholarship. At age 15? I'm not sure how much you will be able to reason with him. He's going to have to make his own choices.... and if he chooses the 'tough-guy" role, he is going to learn the hard way that that road is pretty short. --DaisyFace [/QUOTE]
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