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<blockquote data-quote="ARJ" data-source="post: 718379" data-attributes="member: 22239"><p>Thank you so much for your advice. I do need it that's for sure. I'm flying blind here.</p><p>I know this was something I had to do or we could have lost him. But it's still not easy knowing he has to go through all this and that he's suffering. Although he likes to say he's not.</p><p>He's a good kid but he has completely different thoughts in 1-2 months. He doesn't want school, football or anything really.</p><p>The one thing is that in the past few days he has gone out applied for a job and starts next week.</p><p>I had a long talk with him about responsibility as a young adult. Told him he needs to look into the things he has been saying he wants to do. Like quit school and by emancipated so he can live on his own (Things he's never said prior to this). He obvious can't do those things because he's still not old enough legally and they certainly don't emancipate a kid that can't fully support himself. But I'm asking him to research things before he says them. I know this is all coming from anger and hurt though.</p><p></p><p>One thing I'm afraid of is when she gets out on bail or whatever she will try contacting him. The town isn't that large, not small but not big either so all the kids are around town a lot. So my fear is that she get ahold of him and try starting this all up again. Even though I have all the right precautions in place legally speaking. And she'd be right back in jail but it's the time between her being let out and us finding out she's contacted him that's scaring me. I've already been telling him he has to take responsibility for his self and if he wants to be a young adult then take on those responsibilities i.e. School, part time job etc. So I feel like I can't force him to be locked in the house unable to go anywhere he's to old for that.</p><p>Thank you again for any advice and support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ARJ, post: 718379, member: 22239"] Thank you so much for your advice. I do need it that's for sure. I'm flying blind here. I know this was something I had to do or we could have lost him. But it's still not easy knowing he has to go through all this and that he's suffering. Although he likes to say he's not. He's a good kid but he has completely different thoughts in 1-2 months. He doesn't want school, football or anything really. The one thing is that in the past few days he has gone out applied for a job and starts next week. I had a long talk with him about responsibility as a young adult. Told him he needs to look into the things he has been saying he wants to do. Like quit school and by emancipated so he can live on his own (Things he's never said prior to this). He obvious can't do those things because he's still not old enough legally and they certainly don't emancipate a kid that can't fully support himself. But I'm asking him to research things before he says them. I know this is all coming from anger and hurt though. One thing I'm afraid of is when she gets out on bail or whatever she will try contacting him. The town isn't that large, not small but not big either so all the kids are around town a lot. So my fear is that she get ahold of him and try starting this all up again. Even though I have all the right precautions in place legally speaking. And she'd be right back in jail but it's the time between her being let out and us finding out she's contacted him that's scaring me. I've already been telling him he has to take responsibility for his self and if he wants to be a young adult then take on those responsibilities i.e. School, part time job etc. So I feel like I can't force him to be locked in the house unable to go anywhere he's to old for that. Thank you again for any advice and support. [/QUOTE]
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