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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 665360" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>You can't. I know - it's hard. VERY hard. We (moms and some dads too) want to keep our kids from harm. But sometimes we do as much or more damage in the process. They have to want help before anything will help. You can't do it for him. No matter how hard you try.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>I've been down this road. So have others here on this site. <strong><em>If you don't focus your energy on your other children, they WILL end up having their own problems</em></strong>. They NEED you. More than that, they need you to be healthy, and to be there for them in ways that you cannot be when you are spending all your energy on the kid who doesn't want help. Yes, please... focus on the other kids. They are probably hurting in ways that you don't see yet. Any time one child has challenges, the other kids automatically have extra needs.</p><p> </p><p>Sounds like you have a good counselor... and a great hubby. Because hubby has the keys, if there ever IS an emergency, it is still possible to get in. But he will know what an emergency is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 665360, member: 11791"] You can't. I know - it's hard. VERY hard. We (moms and some dads too) want to keep our kids from harm. But sometimes we do as much or more damage in the process. They have to want help before anything will help. You can't do it for him. No matter how hard you try. I've been down this road. So have others here on this site. [B][I]If you don't focus your energy on your other children, they WILL end up having their own problems[/I][/B]. They NEED you. More than that, they need you to be healthy, and to be there for them in ways that you cannot be when you are spending all your energy on the kid who doesn't want help. Yes, please... focus on the other kids. They are probably hurting in ways that you don't see yet. Any time one child has challenges, the other kids automatically have extra needs. Sounds like you have a good counselor... and a great hubby. Because hubby has the keys, if there ever IS an emergency, it is still possible to get in. But he will know what an emergency is. [/QUOTE]
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