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<blockquote data-quote="Suz" data-source="post: 157055" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>Rob was a fire setter from the time he was a little boy. When he was 5 his psychiatrist recommended the same thing so we bought him 500 matches and he sat and lit every one of them, then dunked each of them in a bowl of water.</p><p> </p><p>And when it didn't stop his obsession, we gave him 1000...</p><p> </p><p>...and then 1500.</p><p> </p><p>Nothing worked.</p><p> </p><p>For as long as he lived at home he snuck matches and lighters into the house. Shortly before he was arrested and moved to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (age 16) I found him in the back of our house with a "campfire pile" of unlit match books....I caught him just as he was about to strike the match to set the pile of matches on fire. </p><p> </p><p>And the pile was only about 3 feet from the side of our home. </p><p> </p><p>Oh, and he had all of those match books because he'd burglarized our next door neighbor's home 3 times and was stealing the matches (among other things) from them!</p><p> </p><p>I guess my point to you is that not all kids are "cured" with overkill on something. Like some of the smokers have recounted, this seemed to only feed Rob's interest in fire and destruction. </p><p> </p><p>Never let your guard down. At least for a very long time.</p><p> </p><p>Suz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Suz, post: 157055, member: 29"] Rob was a fire setter from the time he was a little boy. When he was 5 his psychiatrist recommended the same thing so we bought him 500 matches and he sat and lit every one of them, then dunked each of them in a bowl of water. And when it didn't stop his obsession, we gave him 1000... ...and then 1500. Nothing worked. For as long as he lived at home he snuck matches and lighters into the house. Shortly before he was arrested and moved to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (age 16) I found him in the back of our house with a "campfire pile" of unlit match books....I caught him just as he was about to strike the match to set the pile of matches on fire. And the pile was only about 3 feet from the side of our home. Oh, and he had all of those match books because he'd burglarized our next door neighbor's home 3 times and was stealing the matches (among other things) from them! I guess my point to you is that not all kids are "cured" with overkill on something. Like some of the smokers have recounted, this seemed to only feed Rob's interest in fire and destruction. Never let your guard down. At least for a very long time. Suz [/QUOTE]
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