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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 497927"><p>Definitely call the local police and ask them to drive by and check in on the house. I totally understand the caving in and rescuing when your child is in trouble. I have done that too..... and then this week I had to just let my son be homeless in another state until he could get back into the sober house he had been kicked out of. Very very hard to do and to not somehow find the safe place for him to stay....</p><p></p><p>What I kept telling myself (besided the serenity prayer) is that if we rescued him this time he would most defiinitely learn nothing to help him change and we would be doing this over and over and over. His only real chance is if he discovers for himself how bad it is to be homeless and learns those lessons himself. And he survived.... and now he can feel good about the fact that he did survive and hopefully work so that he doesn't ever have to go through that again.</p><p></p><p>I think there is something about being homeless and in jail that starts taking that sense of entitlement away.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to you... it is so hard to watch your child do these things.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 497927"] Definitely call the local police and ask them to drive by and check in on the house. I totally understand the caving in and rescuing when your child is in trouble. I have done that too..... and then this week I had to just let my son be homeless in another state until he could get back into the sober house he had been kicked out of. Very very hard to do and to not somehow find the safe place for him to stay.... What I kept telling myself (besided the serenity prayer) is that if we rescued him this time he would most defiinitely learn nothing to help him change and we would be doing this over and over and over. His only real chance is if he discovers for himself how bad it is to be homeless and learns those lessons himself. And he survived.... and now he can feel good about the fact that he did survive and hopefully work so that he doesn't ever have to go through that again. I think there is something about being homeless and in jail that starts taking that sense of entitlement away. Hugs to you... it is so hard to watch your child do these things. TL [/QUOTE]
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