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Let's discuss homelessness and it what it means to our difficult children
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 632316" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), what stories.</p><p></p><p>I've already discussed with-my husband that we'll probably have to subsidize our difficult child when he moves out. I just don't see how he'll have the stick-to-it-iveness to work as many hours as he will have to, to even pay rent, renter's ins, much less afford a car, car ins, maintenance, health ins, groceries, and god forbid, kids.</p><p></p><p>He really wants his own apartment, though. He is too scared to live on the streets. He would probably couch -surf for awhile, but I know he would get into arguments, and want a place to be alone with-his girlfriend. And he likes his "alone time." (As I do.)</p><p></p><p>I am betting on the idea that it's too scary out there, and he'll follow our rules. Plus, we hinted that we might buy him a car some day and all of a sudden, he's behaving, doing chores, and he wanted to open a savings account. We had a big, huge fight the other day because he took out $14.95 for a video game (he only had $50 but the majority was my money, because the econ teacher told the class it was only a $5 deposit). I withdrew most of the money and will put it back another time. But today, we drove to the ATM and he deposited $5.</p><p></p><p>Maybe there's hope ... as long as he takes his medications, and continues to behave ... it's the behavior maintenance that's the hard part, as you all know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 632316, member: 3419"] Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), what stories. I've already discussed with-my husband that we'll probably have to subsidize our difficult child when he moves out. I just don't see how he'll have the stick-to-it-iveness to work as many hours as he will have to, to even pay rent, renter's ins, much less afford a car, car ins, maintenance, health ins, groceries, and god forbid, kids. He really wants his own apartment, though. He is too scared to live on the streets. He would probably couch -surf for awhile, but I know he would get into arguments, and want a place to be alone with-his girlfriend. And he likes his "alone time." (As I do.) I am betting on the idea that it's too scary out there, and he'll follow our rules. Plus, we hinted that we might buy him a car some day and all of a sudden, he's behaving, doing chores, and he wanted to open a savings account. We had a big, huge fight the other day because he took out $14.95 for a video game (he only had $50 but the majority was my money, because the econ teacher told the class it was only a $5 deposit). I withdrew most of the money and will put it back another time. But today, we drove to the ATM and he deposited $5. Maybe there's hope ... as long as he takes his medications, and continues to behave ... it's the behavior maintenance that's the hard part, as you all know. [/QUOTE]
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