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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 536301" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Oh in that case pull up a chair, you are in the right place, although I'm sorry you have to be here.</p><p></p><p>For most of us this is how it all started, our difficult child's began getting poor grades, getting into trouble, apathetic about everything except friends, bad influences. For us it progressed to much worse, that's why we ended up here. I'm not suggesting it will be the same for you and hopefully if you catch this soon enough you can help him turn it around. I know many parents whose young teen began experimenting with drinking and pot and they went on to college and turned out fine. Not so with ours but we knew a log time ago she was different.</p><p></p><p>It'a good that the school year is almost over and he was allowed to stay. Hopefully the counselor can impress upon him the seriousness of this downward trend. I would make it a requirement that he attend counseling all summer, and make sure the cousnelor involves you and your husband so that you can stay on top of what is happening. The counselor does not have to disclose confidential discussions but your son is a minor and should keep you in the loop. </p><p></p><p>What are his friends like? Are they good influences? What is his part time job? It's good that he enjoys it and is not apathetic to that. Do you think any other drugs besides pot are involved? How often do you think he was smoking? I would suggest drug testing him but if this was just a one time thing perhaps you should wait until you speak with the counselor.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 536301, member: 59"] Oh in that case pull up a chair, you are in the right place, although I'm sorry you have to be here. For most of us this is how it all started, our difficult child's began getting poor grades, getting into trouble, apathetic about everything except friends, bad influences. For us it progressed to much worse, that's why we ended up here. I'm not suggesting it will be the same for you and hopefully if you catch this soon enough you can help him turn it around. I know many parents whose young teen began experimenting with drinking and pot and they went on to college and turned out fine. Not so with ours but we knew a log time ago she was different. It'a good that the school year is almost over and he was allowed to stay. Hopefully the counselor can impress upon him the seriousness of this downward trend. I would make it a requirement that he attend counseling all summer, and make sure the cousnelor involves you and your husband so that you can stay on top of what is happening. The counselor does not have to disclose confidential discussions but your son is a minor and should keep you in the loop. What are his friends like? Are they good influences? What is his part time job? It's good that he enjoys it and is not apathetic to that. Do you think any other drugs besides pot are involved? How often do you think he was smoking? I would suggest drug testing him but if this was just a one time thing perhaps you should wait until you speak with the counselor. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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