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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 83222"><p>A little perspective...</p><p></p><p>Your son is 24. When I was 24, I was divorced and raising two children on my own. Not at home with my parents. My own apartment, utilities, groceries, car payment, child care and full time job. No one was worrying about getting me to the dentist. It wasn't their job. I wouldn't have let them anyway. While I may have had zero self esteem and self worth, I did have pride.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't easy for me. You can see in my profile a history of MDD (that's Major Depressive Disorder). I had my first episode at the age of 13. Other than 15 visits with a therapist at the age of 16, I received no treatment until in my twenties. It's not listed in my profile because I don't like to talk about it, but I also struggled with anorexia well into my late twenties. </p><p></p><p>Your son is a 24 year old <strong>MAN</strong>, not a little boy. It's time you treated him like one. If you were able to excuse all of his other behavior, at least stand up for you son that still IS legally a boy and has absolutely no control over what you are allowing to go on in your home by allowing your other son to continue his behavior there. </p><p></p><p>It's way past time for your grown son to stand on his own two feet. He's made his bed. He can lie in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 83222"] A little perspective... Your son is 24. When I was 24, I was divorced and raising two children on my own. Not at home with my parents. My own apartment, utilities, groceries, car payment, child care and full time job. No one was worrying about getting me to the dentist. It wasn't their job. I wouldn't have let them anyway. While I may have had zero self esteem and self worth, I did have pride. It wasn't easy for me. You can see in my profile a history of MDD (that's Major Depressive Disorder). I had my first episode at the age of 13. Other than 15 visits with a therapist at the age of 16, I received no treatment until in my twenties. It's not listed in my profile because I don't like to talk about it, but I also struggled with anorexia well into my late twenties. Your son is a 24 year old [b]MAN[/b], not a little boy. It's time you treated him like one. If you were able to excuse all of his other behavior, at least stand up for you son that still IS legally a boy and has absolutely no control over what you are allowing to go on in your home by allowing your other son to continue his behavior there. It's way past time for your grown son to stand on his own two feet. He's made his bed. He can lie in it. [/QUOTE]
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