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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 638241" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Well, Lil, to be fiar they are run 100% by volunteers. Mine was in a church. The residents had to rotate churches. We gave them train passes so they could go church to church. We were a service to help homeless people sleep in a warm place. We were not a place to help them get their lives together, although we did make appointments. Nobody will do the hard work for your son nor give him 24/7 care (other than a rehab which is actually with paid professionals). He will have to do it himself with a little community help to make him more comfortable.</p><p></p><p>The place that serves three meals a day probably has more resources than we had. There are still rules to follow. I hope this place works out for your son and more importantly that he goes to it. Many times we worry about our grown kids more than they do. We want them to be warm and fed more than they care. As Child of Mine says, if we care even 1% more than they do, then it's time to look at ourselves. Our grown kids often see life way differently than we do...they have atypical ways of looking at the world and what we consider normal they often shun. Some prefer street life to ANY rules, including ours. Most of it surrounds the drugs. They do not want to give them up and they can't do them if t here are rules against being high. In our shelter, we did no testing and as long as the person did not use in our church and was not violent, the person could stay. We even let one man who lived in his car with his dog bring his dog in. The caring hearts are there. I hope this is not the case for your son.</p><p></p><p>Lots and lots of good thoughts and prayers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 638241, member: 1550"] Well, Lil, to be fiar they are run 100% by volunteers. Mine was in a church. The residents had to rotate churches. We gave them train passes so they could go church to church. We were a service to help homeless people sleep in a warm place. We were not a place to help them get their lives together, although we did make appointments. Nobody will do the hard work for your son nor give him 24/7 care (other than a rehab which is actually with paid professionals). He will have to do it himself with a little community help to make him more comfortable. The place that serves three meals a day probably has more resources than we had. There are still rules to follow. I hope this place works out for your son and more importantly that he goes to it. Many times we worry about our grown kids more than they do. We want them to be warm and fed more than they care. As Child of Mine says, if we care even 1% more than they do, then it's time to look at ourselves. Our grown kids often see life way differently than we do...they have atypical ways of looking at the world and what we consider normal they often shun. Some prefer street life to ANY rules, including ours. Most of it surrounds the drugs. They do not want to give them up and they can't do them if t here are rules against being high. In our shelter, we did no testing and as long as the person did not use in our church and was not violent, the person could stay. We even let one man who lived in his car with his dog bring his dog in. The caring hearts are there. I hope this is not the case for your son. Lots and lots of good thoughts and prayers. [/QUOTE]
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