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<blockquote data-quote="missy44" data-source="post: 294175" data-attributes="member: 6201"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for responding, I take all of your comments to heart.</p><p> </p><p>MWM - I really don't think my difficult child is an alcoholic, I think he let his birthday weekend run away on him and he used it as an excuse to break some rules and step back a bit in his progress.</p><p> </p><p>As for buying him a beer, was it a good choice at this point in time, NO, but lesson learned.</p><p> </p><p>We are now starting fresh (again) and he knows he's back to square one. Rules that weren't established in the beginning have been laid out. We established rules in the beginning about illegal drugs, work, etc... but we hadn't even talked about the use of alcohol when he moved back in because it's never been an issue. He wasn't 19 and drinking never seemed to be his drug of choice. There has been no drinking since the weekend and we don't expect any this weekend. We are planning to sit and have a talk with the girlfriend ( I don't see her going away anytime soon) and we'll be letting her know that she is expected to behave a certain way and follow certain rules at our home when she's here. We've made it clear that she won't be staying overnight here anymore. She has her own apartment now anyway (in preparation for college in September.</p><p> </p><p>College for difficult child is most likely out of the question for September, he needs at least 700.00 and is still paying off an outstanding phonebill. This is difficult for me to swallow, but I know the best thing I can do is let him earn this on his own. </p><p> </p><p>difficult child is staying away from the "old" buddy again, we made it clear to him that we won't accept it. Definitely not around our home. What he does outside of here is out of our control, but if we find out he's sneaking around doing things we don't approve of he has to go. </p><p> </p><p>We really can't make things any clearer to difficult child, fingers crossed he continues down the right path.</p><p> </p><p>On a good note, it's been quite some time now since he's used any illegal drugs and he's still on his medications.</p><p> </p><p>I hope he starts to grow up soon. Does anyone else notice how immature difficult child's are. He's 19 going on 14!</p><p> </p><p>Cheers...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="missy44, post: 294175, member: 6201"] Hi everyone, Thanks for responding, I take all of your comments to heart. MWM - I really don't think my difficult child is an alcoholic, I think he let his birthday weekend run away on him and he used it as an excuse to break some rules and step back a bit in his progress. As for buying him a beer, was it a good choice at this point in time, NO, but lesson learned. We are now starting fresh (again) and he knows he's back to square one. Rules that weren't established in the beginning have been laid out. We established rules in the beginning about illegal drugs, work, etc... but we hadn't even talked about the use of alcohol when he moved back in because it's never been an issue. He wasn't 19 and drinking never seemed to be his drug of choice. There has been no drinking since the weekend and we don't expect any this weekend. We are planning to sit and have a talk with the girlfriend ( I don't see her going away anytime soon) and we'll be letting her know that she is expected to behave a certain way and follow certain rules at our home when she's here. We've made it clear that she won't be staying overnight here anymore. She has her own apartment now anyway (in preparation for college in September. College for difficult child is most likely out of the question for September, he needs at least 700.00 and is still paying off an outstanding phonebill. This is difficult for me to swallow, but I know the best thing I can do is let him earn this on his own. difficult child is staying away from the "old" buddy again, we made it clear to him that we won't accept it. Definitely not around our home. What he does outside of here is out of our control, but if we find out he's sneaking around doing things we don't approve of he has to go. We really can't make things any clearer to difficult child, fingers crossed he continues down the right path. On a good note, it's been quite some time now since he's used any illegal drugs and he's still on his medications. I hope he starts to grow up soon. Does anyone else notice how immature difficult child's are. He's 19 going on 14! Cheers... [/QUOTE]
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