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How do I let my difficult child Son fail on his own
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<blockquote data-quote="hope1990" data-source="post: 94550" data-attributes="member: 740"><p>Mary welcome, you aren't alone. My difficult child is 20 and is 10 days into a 1-2 year sentence and state penn for revocation of probation. I had told him I would gladly pay for his medications since going off of them the first time is what landed him with 5 yrs. supervised probation. He found a job and stuck with it. I did pay for his cell phone as he needed someway of making his appointments (Dr., counselor, PO officer, etc) In the long run towards the end I think that was a mistake. </p><p></p><p>He was living with gramma for a time and it was good for both for awhile. He was paying me what he owed me, doing all of the yard work and he was getting to his counseling appointment. Then he went off his medications again, I confronted him and he was upset with me I was the <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />y, naggy mother and he could handle himself. I ended up kicking him out of grammas and he was in a homeless shelter for a few weeks. </p><p></p><p>I thought PO would take him to social services for medicaid and a place for help with budget, they had talked of it but didn't. I wish I would have. </p><p></p><p>So as was said before help him find the services available to him.</p><p></p><p>It tears you apart, I felt I was being strong and doing tough love, but I also felt as though I was abandoning him.</p><p></p><p>Good luck to you and just do your best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hope1990, post: 94550, member: 740"] Mary welcome, you aren't alone. My difficult child is 20 and is 10 days into a 1-2 year sentence and state penn for revocation of probation. I had told him I would gladly pay for his medications since going off of them the first time is what landed him with 5 yrs. supervised probation. He found a job and stuck with it. I did pay for his cell phone as he needed someway of making his appointments (Dr., counselor, PO officer, etc) In the long run towards the end I think that was a mistake. He was living with gramma for a time and it was good for both for awhile. He was paying me what he owed me, doing all of the yard work and he was getting to his counseling appointment. Then he went off his medications again, I confronted him and he was upset with me I was the :censored2:y, naggy mother and he could handle himself. I ended up kicking him out of grammas and he was in a homeless shelter for a few weeks. I thought PO would take him to social services for medicaid and a place for help with budget, they had talked of it but didn't. I wish I would have. So as was said before help him find the services available to him. It tears you apart, I felt I was being strong and doing tough love, but I also felt as though I was abandoning him. Good luck to you and just do your best. [/QUOTE]
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