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Moving the runaway - need good thoughts pls.
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 106409" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Ya know star...when I read your posts they take me back to some very dark days. Not that what we live with now is easy but at least we arent held accountable for his actions anymore. There was something incredibly freeing about Corys 18th birthday for us. I swear I celebrated more than he did...lol.</p><p></p><p>I can remember fighting tooth and nail to get him in some form of placement where they couldnt or wouldnt kick him out for the precise behaviors that got him sent there in the first darned place! If they were easy child kids why on earth would they be placed in treatment? I argued that point countless times.</p><p></p><p>Your son, it appears, like Cory, falls into this black hole where he isnt "bad" enough to get sent to whatever SC has for the criminals that are under 18. Here we have "training schools" but you have to wrack up 15 points I think before you turn 16 in the juvenile setting and that isnt as easy as it sounds! Consider what Cory's juvy record was and he didnt come close to the 15 points.</p><p></p><p>I even begged for the training schools as a last ditch effort when it appeared we couldnt find anything else. </p><p></p><p>I did finally find a locked psychiatric facility when he was 16 but I cant say it really did much good. Look where we are today. Maybe if we had found one when he was younger and he had stayed longer.</p><p></p><p>I dont know how we completely detach. We wanted so much for these kids when they were born. This life sure wasnt what we dreamed of when we held them as infants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 106409, member: 1514"] Ya know star...when I read your posts they take me back to some very dark days. Not that what we live with now is easy but at least we arent held accountable for his actions anymore. There was something incredibly freeing about Corys 18th birthday for us. I swear I celebrated more than he did...lol. I can remember fighting tooth and nail to get him in some form of placement where they couldnt or wouldnt kick him out for the precise behaviors that got him sent there in the first darned place! If they were easy child kids why on earth would they be placed in treatment? I argued that point countless times. Your son, it appears, like Cory, falls into this black hole where he isnt "bad" enough to get sent to whatever SC has for the criminals that are under 18. Here we have "training schools" but you have to wrack up 15 points I think before you turn 16 in the juvenile setting and that isnt as easy as it sounds! Consider what Cory's juvy record was and he didnt come close to the 15 points. I even begged for the training schools as a last ditch effort when it appeared we couldnt find anything else. I did finally find a locked psychiatric facility when he was 16 but I cant say it really did much good. Look where we are today. Maybe if we had found one when he was younger and he had stayed longer. I dont know how we completely detach. We wanted so much for these kids when they were born. This life sure wasnt what we dreamed of when we held them as infants. [/QUOTE]
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