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19 1/2 Year Old Struggling With Complex Developmental Challenges
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<blockquote data-quote="tbod" data-source="post: 687356" data-attributes="member: 20297"><p>Well, thought we were finally on a good track. Anger issues somewhat under control, etc...him trying to hold it together long enough to simply graduate high school....until 3:30 yesterday...received two phone msgs and an e-mail from school asking me to immediately come to the school and get my son. Called them enroute and found they nearly had him arrested had I not called right then and there. So, now all of the old and ancient pains, anxiety and dread (hundreds of phoncalls from angry and exasperated teachers and principals in the past) are coming back in a rush. Called the school enroute (school is about an hour and a half from my work...so lotsa time to sweat) and found that he nearly assaulted another kid...and they had the whole thing on tape. Teacher had to break it up. Was the straw that broke the camel's back this time. Got to the school. There's my son..and the principal and other adminstrators...we're now all hunkered around a computer screen watching the replay of the incident so everyone's on the same page and there's no way my son could dispute the issue or deny anything. Bottom line is, due to his inability to control himself, his mouth, and his anger issues, he cannot finish out the last 2 weeks of the school year and is only allowed back to take his finals and at least can still graduate. Nearly expelled for what would've been the 10th time in his short 19.5 year life. We're talking a kid with anger issues for which he's been seeing a psychologist for a few years now. Not seeing a lot of progress. I mean, when I watched that tape replayed at the school...there were several opportunities my son had to avoid the confrontation. He was the obvious aggressor and the other kid tried to back down and clearly showed my son continuing to push and be the aggressor. You do all you can as a parent....been down this alley for so long now...that its nearly a cliché when I get a phoncall now...however, seems obvious now, he's just going to have to learn things the hard way unfortunately. I mean he has a court date coming up next month to hopefully close out a marijuana possession charge...and had he been arrested yesterday...yeah you get it...the judge would've had him for lunch. Lawyers are expensive...and we're up to our elbows in bills for that let alone anything more to add to that heap of trouble. So, again hoping he can hold it together long enough to get beyond that trial date and hopefully on his own with a relatively clean slate. Part of me just sees this as a matter of time before he really does something that going to get him in huge trouble. Maybe, he will just need to hit the bottom of the barrel and be confronted with the reality of his choices for the "coin to drop" finally. More on this soon. Promise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tbod, post: 687356, member: 20297"] Well, thought we were finally on a good track. Anger issues somewhat under control, etc...him trying to hold it together long enough to simply graduate high school....until 3:30 yesterday...received two phone msgs and an e-mail from school asking me to immediately come to the school and get my son. Called them enroute and found they nearly had him arrested had I not called right then and there. So, now all of the old and ancient pains, anxiety and dread (hundreds of phoncalls from angry and exasperated teachers and principals in the past) are coming back in a rush. Called the school enroute (school is about an hour and a half from my work...so lotsa time to sweat) and found that he nearly assaulted another kid...and they had the whole thing on tape. Teacher had to break it up. Was the straw that broke the camel's back this time. Got to the school. There's my son..and the principal and other adminstrators...we're now all hunkered around a computer screen watching the replay of the incident so everyone's on the same page and there's no way my son could dispute the issue or deny anything. Bottom line is, due to his inability to control himself, his mouth, and his anger issues, he cannot finish out the last 2 weeks of the school year and is only allowed back to take his finals and at least can still graduate. Nearly expelled for what would've been the 10th time in his short 19.5 year life. We're talking a kid with anger issues for which he's been seeing a psychologist for a few years now. Not seeing a lot of progress. I mean, when I watched that tape replayed at the school...there were several opportunities my son had to avoid the confrontation. He was the obvious aggressor and the other kid tried to back down and clearly showed my son continuing to push and be the aggressor. You do all you can as a parent....been down this alley for so long now...that its nearly a cliché when I get a phoncall now...however, seems obvious now, he's just going to have to learn things the hard way unfortunately. I mean he has a court date coming up next month to hopefully close out a marijuana possession charge...and had he been arrested yesterday...yeah you get it...the judge would've had him for lunch. Lawyers are expensive...and we're up to our elbows in bills for that let alone anything more to add to that heap of trouble. So, again hoping he can hold it together long enough to get beyond that trial date and hopefully on his own with a relatively clean slate. Part of me just sees this as a matter of time before he really does something that going to get him in huge trouble. Maybe, he will just need to hit the bottom of the barrel and be confronted with the reality of his choices for the "coin to drop" finally. More on this soon. Promise. [/QUOTE]
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