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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 340529" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>Years ago I made the mistake of standing up for my poor little son when things seem to go against him. I went to bat for him time and time again. I invested in his mental health treatment, I paid his probation fees, I set up his community service....get it, I did, I did, I did!! And what did he do? He continued to get himself in more and more trouble. </p><p></p><p>He too was jumped, but with a baseball bat and a knife by 6 teens and two grown men. He went somewhere he knew he shouldn't go, and his choices led to his assault. I fought to have the offenders prosecuted, but I never let him think he was not responsible. When he and some of his "friends" threatened retaliation, he went to jail for threats. I did not bail him out.</p><p></p><p>I wish I had held him more accountable when he was underage. Maybe he would have been different today. Now he is 22, unemployed, facing possession charges (again because he was in the wrong place, but it was his choice to be there). I was wrong. He was wrong. I learned from my mistakes. He didn't. I make different choices; he still makes the same choices and expects me to save him. I don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 340529, member: 1436"] Years ago I made the mistake of standing up for my poor little son when things seem to go against him. I went to bat for him time and time again. I invested in his mental health treatment, I paid his probation fees, I set up his community service....get it, I did, I did, I did!! And what did he do? He continued to get himself in more and more trouble. He too was jumped, but with a baseball bat and a knife by 6 teens and two grown men. He went somewhere he knew he shouldn't go, and his choices led to his assault. I fought to have the offenders prosecuted, but I never let him think he was not responsible. When he and some of his "friends" threatened retaliation, he went to jail for threats. I did not bail him out. I wish I had held him more accountable when he was underage. Maybe he would have been different today. Now he is 22, unemployed, facing possession charges (again because he was in the wrong place, but it was his choice to be there). I was wrong. He was wrong. I learned from my mistakes. He didn't. I make different choices; he still makes the same choices and expects me to save him. I don't. [/QUOTE]
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