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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 378425"><p>Sounds like our sons could be good friends. I agree with others check out the Parent Emeritus, there are lots of us in similar situations with our older children.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like everyone has had enough of your son loafing around and doing nothing. As long as everyone is so willing to help him he doesn't really have to do anything.</p><p></p><p>We kicked our son out in June. Our situation was similar, very close to graduating but didn't bother to do what he had to do to finish one class so he did not get his diploma. Things were getting way out of hand at home. In August he asked if he could go down to the TBS he had been at for 10th grade and finish the work for his diploma. We sent him down there and in 2 weeks he finished the school work plus got a bunch of community service hours he needs for court. So now he will be getting his diploma. He asked what he needed to do to come home and we talked a lot about rules he would need to follow etc. Also told him he had to spend 40 hours a week being productive.... He came home and a week later got his first job and is now working for his 3rd day. Now I have my worries... one being that he will blow this job off or something but hopefully he will enjoy getting his own pay check!!!</p><p></p><p>Anyway things have been much better..... like I said i still have major worries but things have been more peaceful at home and I suspect if he can keep this job it will really help him feel better about himself. And in any case at least he has been taking some real positive steps.</p><p></p><p>The best thing we could have done is do what we did, and that is let him experience trying to make it on his own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 378425"] Sounds like our sons could be good friends. I agree with others check out the Parent Emeritus, there are lots of us in similar situations with our older children. Sounds like everyone has had enough of your son loafing around and doing nothing. As long as everyone is so willing to help him he doesn't really have to do anything. We kicked our son out in June. Our situation was similar, very close to graduating but didn't bother to do what he had to do to finish one class so he did not get his diploma. Things were getting way out of hand at home. In August he asked if he could go down to the TBS he had been at for 10th grade and finish the work for his diploma. We sent him down there and in 2 weeks he finished the school work plus got a bunch of community service hours he needs for court. So now he will be getting his diploma. He asked what he needed to do to come home and we talked a lot about rules he would need to follow etc. Also told him he had to spend 40 hours a week being productive.... He came home and a week later got his first job and is now working for his 3rd day. Now I have my worries... one being that he will blow this job off or something but hopefully he will enjoy getting his own pay check!!! Anyway things have been much better..... like I said i still have major worries but things have been more peaceful at home and I suspect if he can keep this job it will really help him feel better about himself. And in any case at least he has been taking some real positive steps. The best thing we could have done is do what we did, and that is let him experience trying to make it on his own. [/QUOTE]
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