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<blockquote data-quote="maril" data-source="post: 227441" data-attributes="member: 5937"><p>MWM: Thank you for your support and wisdom. It is much appreciated.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I am so glad for you that the choices you made helped your daughter and she ended up turning things around! That positive outcome is encouraging. It sounds like it was a rough road for you all. </p><p> </p><p>I, too, think tough love is a good motivator. </p><p> </p><p>My son is a substance user and was recently suspended from an outpatient D&A program, due to none other than (not surprisingly) ... noncompliance with rules about leaving the facility during break time! I have to give him credit, though, due to the fact that the adults in charge at the facility said he was respectful, participated in the program, and a "nice kid." in my opinion, he just wants to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it, it seems; big on manipulating behaviors.</p><p> </p><p>We have discussed more than once with our son, who will be a senior in high school next year following his 18th birthday, that he needs to get prepared (get a job, make plans) because he will have to be moving along once he is 18, if he refuses to comply with house rules, continues to be chronically late for or miss school, etc. In particular, my husband seems to be counting the days until difficult child turns 18. At the same time, my husband is agreeable to seeking help for our son. </p><p> </p><p>Thanks, again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maril, post: 227441, member: 5937"] MWM: Thank you for your support and wisdom. It is much appreciated. I am so glad for you that the choices you made helped your daughter and she ended up turning things around! That positive outcome is encouraging. It sounds like it was a rough road for you all. I, too, think tough love is a good motivator. My son is a substance user and was recently suspended from an outpatient D&A program, due to none other than (not surprisingly) ... noncompliance with rules about leaving the facility during break time! I have to give him credit, though, due to the fact that the adults in charge at the facility said he was respectful, participated in the program, and a "nice kid." in my opinion, he just wants to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it, it seems; big on manipulating behaviors. We have discussed more than once with our son, who will be a senior in high school next year following his 18th birthday, that he needs to get prepared (get a job, make plans) because he will have to be moving along once he is 18, if he refuses to comply with house rules, continues to be chronically late for or miss school, etc. In particular, my husband seems to be counting the days until difficult child turns 18. At the same time, my husband is agreeable to seeking help for our son. Thanks, again. [/QUOTE]
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