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When do you feel a child needs to leave the home? When is enough enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anaheimfan" data-source="post: 280256" data-attributes="member: 6263"><p>Midwest,</p><p> </p><p>in my opinion, I don't think sending a difficult child to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) would be copping out, because you do owe it to them to stick by them--even if not physically. It's probably worn out, but by sending them away, you're making it safer for them, as well as yourself and your family. </p><p> </p><p>Think about it this way...If the child stays in his current situation and sexually abuses his siblings and other kids, he could get bounced in and out of Detention Facilities...Or if a child stays on drugs, they could wind up so strung-out they can't find their nose with 20 fingers or worse. </p><p> </p><p>If one cannot provide the resources the child needs, but keeps them there anyway, then essentially, they are just allowing it to continue and escalate, which is essentially saying "Let him do what he wants, I can't handle him" which is definitely copping out. </p><p> </p><p>If you make the conscious decision to put your difficult child into a psychiatric hospital or Residential Treatment Center (RTC), you are making an effort to help them, and are doing what is best, you are most certainly not copping out. To use an example, I've transferred trauma patients from our hospital to larger ones in the cities because they are better equipped. Does that mean our hospital "copped out" on the patient? No. It means that the Docs and Nurses wanted to give their patient the best care, so they transferred them to a facility that could. </p><p> </p><p>The line should be drawn when you've used up all of your resources at home or in your community. You've tried disciplinary techniques at home, you've tried medications, you've tried local facilities, you've called the police so many times you're on a first-name basis with the entire force, you've stripped their room bare and confined the child to it...That hasn't proven effective, and you want your child to be the best they can be, and be as safe and healthy as they can be, so you put a lot of time and money into finding an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or psychiatric hospital.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anaheimfan, post: 280256, member: 6263"] Midwest, in my opinion, I don't think sending a difficult child to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) would be copping out, because you do owe it to them to stick by them--even if not physically. It's probably worn out, but by sending them away, you're making it safer for them, as well as yourself and your family. Think about it this way...If the child stays in his current situation and sexually abuses his siblings and other kids, he could get bounced in and out of Detention Facilities...Or if a child stays on drugs, they could wind up so strung-out they can't find their nose with 20 fingers or worse. If one cannot provide the resources the child needs, but keeps them there anyway, then essentially, they are just allowing it to continue and escalate, which is essentially saying "Let him do what he wants, I can't handle him" which is definitely copping out. If you make the conscious decision to put your difficult child into a psychiatric hospital or Residential Treatment Center (RTC), you are making an effort to help them, and are doing what is best, you are most certainly not copping out. To use an example, I've transferred trauma patients from our hospital to larger ones in the cities because they are better equipped. Does that mean our hospital "copped out" on the patient? No. It means that the Docs and Nurses wanted to give their patient the best care, so they transferred them to a facility that could. The line should be drawn when you've used up all of your resources at home or in your community. You've tried disciplinary techniques at home, you've tried medications, you've tried local facilities, you've called the police so many times you're on a first-name basis with the entire force, you've stripped their room bare and confined the child to it...That hasn't proven effective, and you want your child to be the best they can be, and be as safe and healthy as they can be, so you put a lot of time and money into finding an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or psychiatric hospital. [/QUOTE]
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