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<blockquote data-quote="Abbey" data-source="post: 106945" data-attributes="member: 179"><p>Star,</p><p></p><p></p><p>Whenever you need a cynical voice to pipe in...just PM me.</p><p></p><p>He's 17. By the time my mom was 17, she had 3 kids. It makes you grow up real fast. I'm not saying give up on your son, but it's time he finds his own way. If he's so all-knowing, let him show his own way. Relying on you to do that at this point is silly. He can simply walk from ANY facility at any time. What is the saying? Don't sell the farm.</p><p></p><p>He can sign his own gosh darn papers to get into a home. In CA, they could do that at 14. The parents were really left out of the endless loop. So...does he want help? Go for it. Tell him you'll be waiting with open arms at the end.</p><p></p><p>Oh, gosh...I've become so jaded. :smile:</p><p></p><p>There comes an age for each child where they realize there is really nothing a parent/guardian can do for them. If they want to run...they'll run. If they want to party, they'll party. This happened to J at about age 8. Lovely. By age 17...heck, I could have whipped him and he knew exactly what his 'rights' were. My rights were nothing.</p><p></p><p>Let him take charge. Tell him you're so proud of his accomplishements that you are going to let him pave the next path of this life. It will probably scare the sh**t out of him.</p><p></p><p>Abbey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abbey, post: 106945, member: 179"] Star, Whenever you need a cynical voice to pipe in...just PM me. He's 17. By the time my mom was 17, she had 3 kids. It makes you grow up real fast. I'm not saying give up on your son, but it's time he finds his own way. If he's so all-knowing, let him show his own way. Relying on you to do that at this point is silly. He can simply walk from ANY facility at any time. What is the saying? Don't sell the farm. He can sign his own gosh darn papers to get into a home. In CA, they could do that at 14. The parents were really left out of the endless loop. So...does he want help? Go for it. Tell him you'll be waiting with open arms at the end. Oh, gosh...I've become so jaded. [img]:smile:[/img] There comes an age for each child where they realize there is really nothing a parent/guardian can do for them. If they want to run...they'll run. If they want to party, they'll party. This happened to J at about age 8. Lovely. By age 17...heck, I could have whipped him and he knew exactly what his 'rights' were. My rights were nothing. Let him take charge. Tell him you're so proud of his accomplishements that you are going to let him pave the next path of this life. It will probably scare the sh**t out of him. Abbey [/QUOTE]
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