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Update from PO ~ attack of the difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 64990" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>You are doing the right thing. I know how hard it is to leave them sit in jail when it would be the easiest thing in the world to bail them out.</p><p></p><p>Don't do it.</p><p></p><p>When the kids will not listen to us, those are the consequences they WILL hear.</p><p></p><p>It must have been hellish, trying to raise a child in the right way when the father was encouraging that kind of behavior.</p><p></p><p>When difficult child first turned, the police in our town recognized his car and were watching every move he made. He was jailed on a traffic technicality thing. Had difficult child not been doing what he was doing, I am sure it would never have gone as far as it did. I left difficult child in jail, and I told him why. One of difficult child's lately come difficult child friends' parents called and offered to bail difficult child out for us.</p><p></p><p>As though it were a question of money.</p><p></p><p>I refused the offer.</p><p></p><p>difficult child has never actually been sentenced to jail again. The other mother's son (the mother who called and offered to bail difficult child out) continued stealing and so on, and went to prison some time later. (We lived in a very nice area where all the dads worked and most of the moms stayed home ~ neither of those boys had any of the typical "reasons" to do as he did. It was an epidemic in our neighborhood, actually.</p><p></p><p>I suppose all kinds of substances must have been flooding the streets like water, looking back on what happened in our neighborhood from the perspective of what I now know.</p><p></p><p>Your son is where he needs to be.</p><p></p><p>This experience may keep him out of somewhere far worse, later.</p><p></p><p>Of course, my difficult child doesn't see it like that! :eek: </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I think you are doing exactly the right thing.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 64990, member: 1721"] You are doing the right thing. I know how hard it is to leave them sit in jail when it would be the easiest thing in the world to bail them out. Don't do it. When the kids will not listen to us, those are the consequences they WILL hear. It must have been hellish, trying to raise a child in the right way when the father was encouraging that kind of behavior. When difficult child first turned, the police in our town recognized his car and were watching every move he made. He was jailed on a traffic technicality thing. Had difficult child not been doing what he was doing, I am sure it would never have gone as far as it did. I left difficult child in jail, and I told him why. One of difficult child's lately come difficult child friends' parents called and offered to bail difficult child out for us. As though it were a question of money. I refused the offer. difficult child has never actually been sentenced to jail again. The other mother's son (the mother who called and offered to bail difficult child out) continued stealing and so on, and went to prison some time later. (We lived in a very nice area where all the dads worked and most of the moms stayed home ~ neither of those boys had any of the typical "reasons" to do as he did. It was an epidemic in our neighborhood, actually. I suppose all kinds of substances must have been flooding the streets like water, looking back on what happened in our neighborhood from the perspective of what I now know. Your son is where he needs to be. This experience may keep him out of somewhere far worse, later. Of course, my difficult child doesn't see it like that! [img]:eek:[/img] Anyway, I think you are doing exactly the right thing. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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