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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 30013" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>MIT, re: <em><strong>"I am awaiting a call back from an officer that basically trained my difficult child through the Explorer Program, I am sure he along with the others will be quite shocked to hear about the path that my difficult child has chosen but I feel that if anybody will assist at pulling her back in it will be them considering that they know my difficult child as the person she used to be."</strong></em></p><p></p><p>That's one of the things we're trying to do right now, "just in case". We're building up a support network of people who know him, care about him, and are aware of what's going on. If he ends up "in the system", my hope is there will be plenty of people there to help (besides us) that know him as the person he used to be, instead of just another stoner loser who got caught in the meat grinder of justice. Teachers, parents of friends he hangs out with, the youth leader of the only group he'll get within a mile of, his therapist, etc...</p><p></p><p>The only people I <strong>haven't</strong> involved yet are the local juvie authorities, because I don't want him on their radar unless it's absolutely necessary. Others here talk about how bad of a decision that ended up being for them and their difficult child's, so it's last on my list (but it's also still there).</p><p></p><p>If he ever strikes out on his own, I also think he's likely to eventually call one of these people for help. Maybe I'm doing too much, but in the military we always learned to overplan - "<em>better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it". </em>Of course, there's the other old saw about <em>"the best laid plans of mice and men"....</em></p><p></p><p>Mikey</p><p></p><p>PS: In Stephen King's book "The Dark Half", the main character describes the criminal justice system as a "meat processing plant that takes humans in on one end, turns out ground meat on the other, and once you're on the conveyer belt all you can do is sit and watch it coming at you". It's a system, and one that is the last resort for my son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 30013, member: 3579"] MIT, re: [i][b]"I am awaiting a call back from an officer that basically trained my difficult child through the Explorer Program, I am sure he along with the others will be quite shocked to hear about the path that my difficult child has chosen but I feel that if anybody will assist at pulling her back in it will be them considering that they know my difficult child as the person she used to be."[/b][/i] That's one of the things we're trying to do right now, "just in case". We're building up a support network of people who know him, care about him, and are aware of what's going on. If he ends up "in the system", my hope is there will be plenty of people there to help (besides us) that know him as the person he used to be, instead of just another stoner loser who got caught in the meat grinder of justice. Teachers, parents of friends he hangs out with, the youth leader of the only group he'll get within a mile of, his therapist, etc... The only people I [b]haven't[/b] involved yet are the local juvie authorities, because I don't want him on their radar unless it's absolutely necessary. Others here talk about how bad of a decision that ended up being for them and their difficult child's, so it's last on my list (but it's also still there). If he ever strikes out on his own, I also think he's likely to eventually call one of these people for help. Maybe I'm doing too much, but in the military we always learned to overplan - "[i]better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it". [/i]Of course, there's the other old saw about [i]"the best laid plans of mice and men"....[/i] Mikey PS: In Stephen King's book "The Dark Half", the main character describes the criminal justice system as a "meat processing plant that takes humans in on one end, turns out ground meat on the other, and once you're on the conveyer belt all you can do is sit and watch it coming at you". It's a system, and one that is the last resort for my son. [/QUOTE]
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