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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 297545" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>If he is on house arrest, you wont be doing the monitoring, the ankle bracelet will be doing the monitoring. You will be working. He is going to be 15...not 4. 15 is well over the age at which you can leave them home alone. I would laugh at them if they told me I had to stay home and stare at him 24/7. They cant expect you to do that. Monitoring him means making sure the phone is in working order and that your physically see him alive and well before you go to work and when you get home. If he chooses to break house arrest while you are gone, that is on him. </p><p></p><p>How many hours of mentoring is he supposed to get per week? I find it hard to believe someone is supposed to mentor a teen boy for many hours while sitting quietly at the kitchen table staring at each other. The best mentoring is done while out in the community in real life situations. That can only happen when the mentor picks up the child and takes him out for the afternoon. </p><p></p><p>You live in an area where your son should be able to pick up the bus to meet you at some of these appts so you dont have to miss work so much. Or he can go on his own. He doesnt need you to go to every therapy appointment or every PO appointment. You can phone in from work for the first few minutes to talk then let them get on with it. </p><p></p><p>He will be a big boy. He can do this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 297545, member: 1514"] If he is on house arrest, you wont be doing the monitoring, the ankle bracelet will be doing the monitoring. You will be working. He is going to be 15...not 4. 15 is well over the age at which you can leave them home alone. I would laugh at them if they told me I had to stay home and stare at him 24/7. They cant expect you to do that. Monitoring him means making sure the phone is in working order and that your physically see him alive and well before you go to work and when you get home. If he chooses to break house arrest while you are gone, that is on him. How many hours of mentoring is he supposed to get per week? I find it hard to believe someone is supposed to mentor a teen boy for many hours while sitting quietly at the kitchen table staring at each other. The best mentoring is done while out in the community in real life situations. That can only happen when the mentor picks up the child and takes him out for the afternoon. You live in an area where your son should be able to pick up the bus to meet you at some of these appts so you dont have to miss work so much. Or he can go on his own. He doesnt need you to go to every therapy appointment or every PO appointment. You can phone in from work for the first few minutes to talk then let them get on with it. He will be a big boy. He can do this. [/QUOTE]
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