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17 yr old son doing drugs, hanging w members of a gang in NY
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<blockquote data-quote="defiantchild" data-source="post: 675404" data-attributes="member: 18543"><p>Wow, Nancy. Thank you for that post. It's so encouraging to hear stories like yours. It's the best thing in the world for me to hear. </p><p></p><p>The problem we are having at the moment is my son is still embroiled in some legal problems. His sentencing is January 4th. I believe his charge will be reduced to a B misdemeanor, but not sure if we can legally emancipate him at this point since there will be some form of probation or conditional discharge. I will have to seek some legal advice on this. </p><p></p><p>I brought up the job corps idea to him and he balked at it. He said he is not ready to go back to school...so forcing him won't have a good outcome. I can't force him to do anything he doesn't want to do. He DOES want to be emancipated. And his DOES want to move out on his own. He DOES want to work as a cook. I am scared to death that he will make some really bad choices and get in more trouble when he's out on his own. But maybe he will surprise us all? Maybe this is just what he needs. This is when we start to turn to prayer (when we finally realize we are powerless).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="defiantchild, post: 675404, member: 18543"] Wow, Nancy. Thank you for that post. It's so encouraging to hear stories like yours. It's the best thing in the world for me to hear. The problem we are having at the moment is my son is still embroiled in some legal problems. His sentencing is January 4th. I believe his charge will be reduced to a B misdemeanor, but not sure if we can legally emancipate him at this point since there will be some form of probation or conditional discharge. I will have to seek some legal advice on this. I brought up the job corps idea to him and he balked at it. He said he is not ready to go back to school...so forcing him won't have a good outcome. I can't force him to do anything he doesn't want to do. He DOES want to be emancipated. And his DOES want to move out on his own. He DOES want to work as a cook. I am scared to death that he will make some really bad choices and get in more trouble when he's out on his own. But maybe he will surprise us all? Maybe this is just what he needs. This is when we start to turn to prayer (when we finally realize we are powerless). [/QUOTE]
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