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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 498870" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>I'm so sorry - I know how this feels. I don't think staff at TLP really heard me until my difficult child hit 18, lost funding, and had to find someplace to live. *Then* they had no choice but to finally hear me say "no, not in my home." You should've seen them scrambling. Aside from being really worried about difficult child who was totally unprepared for life on his own (not totally fault of TLP, but I think they didn't push as hard as they should have pre-18 because I don't think they really believed me when I said he was not coming home), I was really mega-ticked off at TLP staff who literally waited until the last few days to find him someplace to live.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what the answer is, other than to keep on saying every time they talk about "reunification" that difficult child will be 18 soon and it is time to live on his own, period. Coming home is not an option. This needs to be said very clearly in front of difficult child - maybe he'll hear you better than my own did. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I'm quite sure my difficult child didn't believe me either. It made for a very difficult transition to him living on his own, for all of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 498870, member: 8"] I'm so sorry - I know how this feels. I don't think staff at TLP really heard me until my difficult child hit 18, lost funding, and had to find someplace to live. *Then* they had no choice but to finally hear me say "no, not in my home." You should've seen them scrambling. Aside from being really worried about difficult child who was totally unprepared for life on his own (not totally fault of TLP, but I think they didn't push as hard as they should have pre-18 because I don't think they really believed me when I said he was not coming home), I was really mega-ticked off at TLP staff who literally waited until the last few days to find him someplace to live. I'm not sure what the answer is, other than to keep on saying every time they talk about "reunification" that difficult child will be 18 soon and it is time to live on his own, period. Coming home is not an option. This needs to be said very clearly in front of difficult child - maybe he'll hear you better than my own did. :winking: I'm quite sure my difficult child didn't believe me either. It made for a very difficult transition to him living on his own, for all of us. [/QUOTE]
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