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Looks like son just nailed his own coffin shut?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sister's Keeper" data-source="post: 689780" data-attributes="member: 20051"><p>This. ^</p><p></p><p>I may have told this story before, but I have a friend whose daughter was much the same. Truant, runaway, shady friends, verbally abusive. My friend had her in counseling, both at school, with a psychologist, and with an outreach counselor that came to the house 3 days a week. Tried medications, consequences, nothing worked.</p><p></p><p>The final straw was when she threatened to burn down the house. My friend had 4 younger children, including an infant at the time. She called the police. The daughter was hospitalized. Nothing was ever resolved and my friend refused to take her home. The hospital threatened and did turn my friend into DYFS. </p><p></p><p>The end result was that the daughter was placed into a group home. It was a rocky start, but she eventually did well there. She finished school, she got a driver's license. She got a job, and a car. Now she is 21 and is in college.</p><p></p><p>For some reason the group home was a wake up for her. Whether it was the structure, or whether she was unable to manipulate or upset the foster mother, or whether she just needed to get away from the shady influences we don't know, but my friend and her daughter have a good relationship now, and she is doing well.</p><p></p><p>Try to be hopeful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sister's Keeper, post: 689780, member: 20051"] This. ^ I may have told this story before, but I have a friend whose daughter was much the same. Truant, runaway, shady friends, verbally abusive. My friend had her in counseling, both at school, with a psychologist, and with an outreach counselor that came to the house 3 days a week. Tried medications, consequences, nothing worked. The final straw was when she threatened to burn down the house. My friend had 4 younger children, including an infant at the time. She called the police. The daughter was hospitalized. Nothing was ever resolved and my friend refused to take her home. The hospital threatened and did turn my friend into DYFS. The end result was that the daughter was placed into a group home. It was a rocky start, but she eventually did well there. She finished school, she got a driver's license. She got a job, and a car. Now she is 21 and is in college. For some reason the group home was a wake up for her. Whether it was the structure, or whether she was unable to manipulate or upset the foster mother, or whether she just needed to get away from the shady influences we don't know, but my friend and her daughter have a good relationship now, and she is doing well. Try to be hopeful. [/QUOTE]
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