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<blockquote data-quote="mom_in_training" data-source="post: 26458" data-attributes="member: 2727"><p>Wow thats tough, I made the same deal with my difficult child, Stay in school and finish your education or your on your own. My difficult child turned 18 in Dec. A lil over a week ago I went to pick her up from school and discovered that she was not there at all. I held strong and told her to find a place to live. She as far as I know is still on the streets. This tough love thing is hard but I am not going to give in until my difficult child proves to me that she is going to hold up her end of the deal period. I am sure others will be along soon to give you their input on your delemma but If it were me, I would give him a choice. Get back into school and make true effort giving your difficult child a set time limit that your expectations must be met by and if he chooses not to follow through with what your expectations are let him know to find another place to live period and stick to it. Make sure that you make all of your expectations clear to him to include him having to move out if he chooses not to follow through. Its hard because we always want to be sure that our kiddos are safe and have food in their tummys but when we as parents are being taken advantage of and being blown off by our difficult children, Not!!! Just my opinion but your difficult child will continue doing what he is doing so long as he is getting away with it. My difficult child saga continues and yes I do worry but I am a firm beleiver in tough love and refuse to enable anybody that is making bad choices especially at my expense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mom_in_training, post: 26458, member: 2727"] Wow thats tough, I made the same deal with my difficult child, Stay in school and finish your education or your on your own. My difficult child turned 18 in Dec. A lil over a week ago I went to pick her up from school and discovered that she was not there at all. I held strong and told her to find a place to live. She as far as I know is still on the streets. This tough love thing is hard but I am not going to give in until my difficult child proves to me that she is going to hold up her end of the deal period. I am sure others will be along soon to give you their input on your delemma but If it were me, I would give him a choice. Get back into school and make true effort giving your difficult child a set time limit that your expectations must be met by and if he chooses not to follow through with what your expectations are let him know to find another place to live period and stick to it. Make sure that you make all of your expectations clear to him to include him having to move out if he chooses not to follow through. Its hard because we always want to be sure that our kiddos are safe and have food in their tummys but when we as parents are being taken advantage of and being blown off by our difficult children, Not!!! Just my opinion but your difficult child will continue doing what he is doing so long as he is getting away with it. My difficult child saga continues and yes I do worry but I am a firm beleiver in tough love and refuse to enable anybody that is making bad choices especially at my expense. [/QUOTE]
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