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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 222442" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>What would happen if I sent someone here (PM) a 800 # to call to say that a kid might be getting ready to hurt him/herself (if you made you phone number set to private so it wouldn't show up)? He has a key to the house. He has a lighter (he's been convicted of arson before). He's acting very odd. He's bipolar. He's been cutting. He won't listen to his mother- the mother has no help. There's a kid who's been busted for drugs that won't quit calling. The PO won't return a call. The mom has been calling everywhere to get help but can't find it. The psychiatric hospital won't consider this acute. But, it isn't enough that cops would transport him to er or take him anywhere because he isn't saying that he'll kill himself or someone else. At least I could report something that way while someone else is here. But I have to be sure that they won't leave him here.</p><p></p><p>The 800 # here- well, they don't call it cps- they call it a hotline for child abuse and neglect. I haven't abused or neglected him. He's on a self-destructive mission.</p><p></p><p>Steely, you are right in that signing over parental rights would be a LAST resort because I do believe that the lifelong psychological damage to my son would be worse than having him turned over to state Department of Juvenile Justice. My first choice is to get us help so he can stay at home (that is doubtful) second choice is getting him into group home, Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or something that doesn't make him worse and has a chance of helping him and deciphering all this while I get things back in order, finally, if I can't get those, then I know I can get him back in court and turned over to state Department of Juvenile Justice- it's just that then he would have a bigger record, be exposed to more , have basicly no education and I reallly think that he would do musch better and have a better chance and it would be punishment enough if someone would just back up that he cannot live at home if he gives into the "bad part" of the cycling or whatever. I can't explain it in a logical way right now- but to me, going from home to long term state detention is going from one extreme to another. A whole lot of this is due to him giving in instead of putting forth all the effort he can because he knows I have no back up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 222442, member: 3699"] What would happen if I sent someone here (PM) a 800 # to call to say that a kid might be getting ready to hurt him/herself (if you made you phone number set to private so it wouldn't show up)? He has a key to the house. He has a lighter (he's been convicted of arson before). He's acting very odd. He's bipolar. He's been cutting. He won't listen to his mother- the mother has no help. There's a kid who's been busted for drugs that won't quit calling. The PO won't return a call. The mom has been calling everywhere to get help but can't find it. The psychiatric hospital won't consider this acute. But, it isn't enough that cops would transport him to er or take him anywhere because he isn't saying that he'll kill himself or someone else. At least I could report something that way while someone else is here. But I have to be sure that they won't leave him here. The 800 # here- well, they don't call it cps- they call it a hotline for child abuse and neglect. I haven't abused or neglected him. He's on a self-destructive mission. Steely, you are right in that signing over parental rights would be a LAST resort because I do believe that the lifelong psychological damage to my son would be worse than having him turned over to state Department of Juvenile Justice. My first choice is to get us help so he can stay at home (that is doubtful) second choice is getting him into group home, Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or something that doesn't make him worse and has a chance of helping him and deciphering all this while I get things back in order, finally, if I can't get those, then I know I can get him back in court and turned over to state Department of Juvenile Justice- it's just that then he would have a bigger record, be exposed to more , have basicly no education and I reallly think that he would do musch better and have a better chance and it would be punishment enough if someone would just back up that he cannot live at home if he gives into the "bad part" of the cycling or whatever. I can't explain it in a logical way right now- but to me, going from home to long term state detention is going from one extreme to another. A whole lot of this is due to him giving in instead of putting forth all the effort he can because he knows I have no back up. [/QUOTE]
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