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15-year old son crashing and burning - unlurking
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<blockquote data-quote="ThreeShadows" data-source="post: 395339" data-attributes="member: 6370"><p>Hi, Lynn! I also lurked here for a couple of years while we lived in rural Maine. Our difficult children are also adopted and look "some dark" as compared to us, they are part Passamaquoddy. I also suspected drugs as I was reading your story. The skaters at our high school were stoners and in such small communities a kid doesn't need money to find drugs. We looked for signs, other than behavioral changes, and missed them. I would have him do a urine test if I were you.</p><p> </p><p>We found it impossible to keep our sons safe from drugs in our community. difficult child 2 started to run away at age 16 when his "friends" told him we have too many rules and they would show him how to become legally emancipated. I called the police and was told "it is not our job to bring your son home". He could run away and we would be responsible for all his actions until he was 18! I still shake when I think about how helpless I felt.</p><p> </p><p>Are you aware that the age of consent in Maine is 14?</p><p> </p><p>Hang in there and please keep posting. I marvel that you found a therapist who knows adoption issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThreeShadows, post: 395339, member: 6370"] Hi, Lynn! I also lurked here for a couple of years while we lived in rural Maine. Our difficult children are also adopted and look "some dark" as compared to us, they are part Passamaquoddy. I also suspected drugs as I was reading your story. The skaters at our high school were stoners and in such small communities a kid doesn't need money to find drugs. We looked for signs, other than behavioral changes, and missed them. I would have him do a urine test if I were you. We found it impossible to keep our sons safe from drugs in our community. difficult child 2 started to run away at age 16 when his "friends" told him we have too many rules and they would show him how to become legally emancipated. I called the police and was told "it is not our job to bring your son home". He could run away and we would be responsible for all his actions until he was 18! I still shake when I think about how helpless I felt. Are you aware that the age of consent in Maine is 14? Hang in there and please keep posting. I marvel that you found a therapist who knows adoption issues. [/QUOTE]
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