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<blockquote data-quote="rejectedmom" data-source="post: 49358" data-attributes="member: 2315"><p>Nola, there is no good purpose for beating oneself up over past decisions. Life with a difficult child is a learning process with a learning curve. There is a possibility that had you not moved, had you given him all the attention in the world, he would still have problems. We do not have crystal balls and we do not have perfect hindsight either. What we do have is the here and now and the ability to learn. I for one would not advocate giving up on a 16 year old. I think you should look into locked treatment programs. Boot camps are usually not good alternatives for kids with mental health issues. Look for a dual diagnosis treatment facility that will deal with both the underlying deepression and the durg abuse. Since he is only 16 you have many more options than I had when searching for my then 18 year old son. I couldn't find a locked facility and settled for one that was not. My difficult child ran after 2 months even though he was doing very well by all accounts. He ended up back in jail because it was a probaton violation and we could not find another facility that we could afford. -RM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rejectedmom, post: 49358, member: 2315"] Nola, there is no good purpose for beating oneself up over past decisions. Life with a difficult child is a learning process with a learning curve. There is a possibility that had you not moved, had you given him all the attention in the world, he would still have problems. We do not have crystal balls and we do not have perfect hindsight either. What we do have is the here and now and the ability to learn. I for one would not advocate giving up on a 16 year old. I think you should look into locked treatment programs. Boot camps are usually not good alternatives for kids with mental health issues. Look for a dual diagnosis treatment facility that will deal with both the underlying deepression and the durg abuse. Since he is only 16 you have many more options than I had when searching for my then 18 year old son. I couldn't find a locked facility and settled for one that was not. My difficult child ran after 2 months even though he was doing very well by all accounts. He ended up back in jail because it was a probaton violation and we could not find another facility that we could afford. -RM [/QUOTE]
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