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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 118679" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Well...my 18 year old difficult child has the social maturity of a 9-to-11 year old, plus all the raging hormones of an 18 year old. He has all the desires and has no clue about the possible consequences of his actions.</p><p></p><p>So...when he was still living here, if he was spending time with a girl, it was under full supervision. Not necessarily 100% line-of-sight, but certainly close enough (e.g. in my home office with the door open, while they're in the family room next door, where I can hear EVERYTHING)</p><p></p><p>I know that I can't trust my difficult child to exercise any sort of judgement right now. If he were capable of dealing with the consequences of his actions, I'd just let go. But...it would be like asking a 10 year old to raise a child (especially since difficult child's girl friends are also developmentally delayed). So...I head him off at the pass.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 118679, member: 3907"] Well...my 18 year old difficult child has the social maturity of a 9-to-11 year old, plus all the raging hormones of an 18 year old. He has all the desires and has no clue about the possible consequences of his actions. So...when he was still living here, if he was spending time with a girl, it was under full supervision. Not necessarily 100% line-of-sight, but certainly close enough (e.g. in my home office with the door open, while they're in the family room next door, where I can hear EVERYTHING) I know that I can't trust my difficult child to exercise any sort of judgement right now. If he were capable of dealing with the consequences of his actions, I'd just let go. But...it would be like asking a 10 year old to raise a child (especially since difficult child's girl friends are also developmentally delayed). So...I head him off at the pass. Hope this helps, Trinity [/QUOTE]
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