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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 449468" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Hello and welcome. I want you to know with work, "sick" people can learn to own their mental illness. Our daughter has- just 2 month ago and with lots of treatment. There are many mom's on this site that have as well. But it does take work and usually the support of loved one and also sometimes hitting rock bottom. I recommend that you uphold you values and rules and expect your boy to comply. I would turn him in if I found pot or paraphenalia. It's better now than when he tries other drugs or gets in an accident etc. "No enabling" is a good policy. You are right, consequences don't always matter to our kids. The impulsiveness and the thrill of being "bad" is worth the rush. Sometimes problem solving doesn't even work with them. I agree about the teenage pschosis-that fronal lobe is a disaster in most teens and really bad for some of our teens. I' would keep dragging him to therapy and you and your wife can use the time to strategize with the therapist if he won't talk. Our girl finially came around when I did not talk to the therapist. Mind you she fed her a boat load of bull, but at least she got talking. Eventually she learned that it was helpful. She also learned that she could use it to manipulate as well. How about horses? There seems to be a lot of kids who benefit from creatures. Hang in there this is really hard, but it sounds like you are willing to go the distance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 449468, member: 11001"] Hello and welcome. I want you to know with work, "sick" people can learn to own their mental illness. Our daughter has- just 2 month ago and with lots of treatment. There are many mom's on this site that have as well. But it does take work and usually the support of loved one and also sometimes hitting rock bottom. I recommend that you uphold you values and rules and expect your boy to comply. I would turn him in if I found pot or paraphenalia. It's better now than when he tries other drugs or gets in an accident etc. "No enabling" is a good policy. You are right, consequences don't always matter to our kids. The impulsiveness and the thrill of being "bad" is worth the rush. Sometimes problem solving doesn't even work with them. I agree about the teenage pschosis-that fronal lobe is a disaster in most teens and really bad for some of our teens. I' would keep dragging him to therapy and you and your wife can use the time to strategize with the therapist if he won't talk. Our girl finially came around when I did not talk to the therapist. Mind you she fed her a boat load of bull, but at least she got talking. Eventually she learned that it was helpful. She also learned that she could use it to manipulate as well. How about horses? There seems to be a lot of kids who benefit from creatures. Hang in there this is really hard, but it sounds like you are willing to go the distance. [/QUOTE]
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