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Have you ever *really* thrown your kid out?
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 368348" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Yes, we have done this. And now there is only one bed in our home. M was 17 when he assaulted his father. He was arrested, put on probation, then went to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) which we paid for. He sold most of the staff on a sob story of abuse and they reported me to the State as an abuser. Guess who had nowhere to go when he got out of the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? There was a youth program he lived in. He's sponged off of people for years and has his first apartment this summer. Sort of. It's a sub lease. Second month in and he is learning about what happens when you're short on money because the student loan is late and you don't bother to clear it with your landlord. He knows now that you have to be up front with people, and plan ahead when you know that there is a possibility that things may turn south.</p><p></p><p>But there is no bed for him here. We helped him out with a tank of gas and $20 to buy a rat to feed the snake he is house sitting. We helped him make calls and make arrangements for some late payments. And we referred him to someone who pays piecemeal for work. We're paying for him to see a doctor so that he can have medications refilled. But it would take a miracle for him to live here again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 368348, member: 99"] Yes, we have done this. And now there is only one bed in our home. M was 17 when he assaulted his father. He was arrested, put on probation, then went to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) which we paid for. He sold most of the staff on a sob story of abuse and they reported me to the State as an abuser. Guess who had nowhere to go when he got out of the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? There was a youth program he lived in. He's sponged off of people for years and has his first apartment this summer. Sort of. It's a sub lease. Second month in and he is learning about what happens when you're short on money because the student loan is late and you don't bother to clear it with your landlord. He knows now that you have to be up front with people, and plan ahead when you know that there is a possibility that things may turn south. But there is no bed for him here. We helped him out with a tank of gas and $20 to buy a rat to feed the snake he is house sitting. We helped him make calls and make arrangements for some late payments. And we referred him to someone who pays piecemeal for work. We're paying for him to see a doctor so that he can have medications refilled. But it would take a miracle for him to live here again. [/QUOTE]
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