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Steam is coming out of my ears!
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 358597" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Thing is, k, you can't really remove yourself from the picture by refusing to pick him up. You will still be involved in a court battle, except it will be your own. </p><p></p><p>I've had to play the game. Playing the game of following the court's, the school district's, the FAPT team's, and everyone else's recommendations even though I knew they were wrong. Thing is, that was the only way to prove to them that they were wrong, was by doing what they wanted, and letting them see that it didn't work. It took 2 years for them to see that, but eventually, they did. If you choose to turn difficult child over to the system, he loses his only advocate, you. So whether you turn him over by not picking him up, or legally by signing over your rights, it's all something to consider carefully, and not as a reaction to your disappointment at today's outcome. I know how defeated you feel, and how it seems like a "simple" answer, to just let them handle it, but truthfully, it's a very complicated answer with significant consequences to both you and difficult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 358597, member: 1157"] Thing is, k, you can't really remove yourself from the picture by refusing to pick him up. You will still be involved in a court battle, except it will be your own. I've had to play the game. Playing the game of following the court's, the school district's, the FAPT team's, and everyone else's recommendations even though I knew they were wrong. Thing is, that was the only way to prove to them that they were wrong, was by doing what they wanted, and letting them see that it didn't work. It took 2 years for them to see that, but eventually, they did. If you choose to turn difficult child over to the system, he loses his only advocate, you. So whether you turn him over by not picking him up, or legally by signing over your rights, it's all something to consider carefully, and not as a reaction to your disappointment at today's outcome. I know how defeated you feel, and how it seems like a "simple" answer, to just let them handle it, but truthfully, it's a very complicated answer with significant consequences to both you and difficult child. [/QUOTE]
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