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<blockquote data-quote="Echolette" data-source="post: 708290" data-attributes="member: 17269"><p>I try not to regret my past decisions, but I do regret all the years that my son lived in our house and stole from all of us including his siblings. I can so clearly remember their (the siblings) frustrated anger and hurt and disbelief that we wouldn't protect them better. He was a good thief, and they were disorganized, so I was able to often fall back on "are you sure you didn't just misplace it?". I also regret the year that my son was 16, and was so uncontrollable and had such bad friends that we didn't feel safe with him in the house, but had exhausted all our other solutions (wilderness treatment camp, military school, therapeutic boarding schools). That year we literally locked him in the front foyer at night...he would pass out there in a mess of sleeping bags, and my younger sons would step over him on the way to school. What was I thinking? How do we get to these places?</p><p>I say this just because your stepsoon does not have the right to negatively impact those around him. And you have a right and need to protect your family's happiness and security.</p><p>Good luck with this. My heart bleeds when I read these stories, so close to home, so hurtful to me still.</p><p>Echo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolette, post: 708290, member: 17269"] I try not to regret my past decisions, but I do regret all the years that my son lived in our house and stole from all of us including his siblings. I can so clearly remember their (the siblings) frustrated anger and hurt and disbelief that we wouldn't protect them better. He was a good thief, and they were disorganized, so I was able to often fall back on "are you sure you didn't just misplace it?". I also regret the year that my son was 16, and was so uncontrollable and had such bad friends that we didn't feel safe with him in the house, but had exhausted all our other solutions (wilderness treatment camp, military school, therapeutic boarding schools). That year we literally locked him in the front foyer at night...he would pass out there in a mess of sleeping bags, and my younger sons would step over him on the way to school. What was I thinking? How do we get to these places? I say this just because your stepsoon does not have the right to negatively impact those around him. And you have a right and need to protect your family's happiness and security. Good luck with this. My heart bleeds when I read these stories, so close to home, so hurtful to me still. Echo [/QUOTE]
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