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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="Fran" data-source="post: 280271" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>I don't believe I would ever turn my back on my son. </p><p>We would always consider violence and safety our priority but even if he were violent, I would not cut ties even though he would be out of our home.</p><p>I have had difficult child in a variety of out of home programs. Not one of them was a cop out or easy decision. It was in his best interest. You have to ask with every choice "who does it serve?"</p><p></p><p>Keeping my other child or children safe and not living in total chaos is also a priority. Balancing the needs of difficult child with the needs of the rest of the family is tricky but at this age I don't feel a need to always short change myself,easy child or husband. </p><p></p><p>I don't think there is a mom here whose heart wouldn't leap with joy if they found their difficult child had turned his life around and was a productive healthy adult. No matter the damage they left or how awful they had been to live with because in the end they are our prodigal's and we would celebrate their return to the fold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 280271, member: 3"] I don't believe I would ever turn my back on my son. We would always consider violence and safety our priority but even if he were violent, I would not cut ties even though he would be out of our home. I have had difficult child in a variety of out of home programs. Not one of them was a cop out or easy decision. It was in his best interest. You have to ask with every choice "who does it serve?" Keeping my other child or children safe and not living in total chaos is also a priority. Balancing the needs of difficult child with the needs of the rest of the family is tricky but at this age I don't feel a need to always short change myself,easy child or husband. I don't think there is a mom here whose heart wouldn't leap with joy if they found their difficult child had turned his life around and was a productive healthy adult. No matter the damage they left or how awful they had been to live with because in the end they are our prodigal's and we would celebrate their return to the fold. [/QUOTE]
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