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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 598248" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I think you should give him what he wants. Mine left at the same age yours did, and my trying to help him finish graduating was nonsense because all it did was allow him to honestly say, "See how my mom can't stop interfering in my life?" It was true, I couldn't. And whatever he said or did after that came out of his mouth was totally justified by the statement that I wouldn't stop trying to run his life. Well, not in reality, but it's a <em>great</em> triangulator, and triangulation is subtle when dealing with difficult child's and people who have fallen for their sob stories.</p><p></p><p>Let it go, don't call the school anymore, don't call the people he's staying with anymore, don't give him money, don't give him presents, and don't call him. Somewhere along the line VERY soon, someone is going to ask him, "If you need something you should suck it up and call your mom." If you keep interjecting yourself, they won't ever suggest it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 598248, member: 99"] I think you should give him what he wants. Mine left at the same age yours did, and my trying to help him finish graduating was nonsense because all it did was allow him to honestly say, "See how my mom can't stop interfering in my life?" It was true, I couldn't. And whatever he said or did after that came out of his mouth was totally justified by the statement that I wouldn't stop trying to run his life. Well, not in reality, but it's a [I]great[/I] triangulator, and triangulation is subtle when dealing with difficult child's and people who have fallen for their sob stories. Let it go, don't call the school anymore, don't call the people he's staying with anymore, don't give him money, don't give him presents, and don't call him. Somewhere along the line VERY soon, someone is going to ask him, "If you need something you should suck it up and call your mom." If you keep interjecting yourself, they won't ever suggest it. [/QUOTE]
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