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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 694880" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>My son was a delight and a nightmare, sometimes all at the same time. We had a 4 month psychiatric hospital stay and then he was home for 2 years before he spun out of all control. Then I was about to send him to a Boy's Home an hour away when my dad asked for a chance to turn things around. My dad had just retired from over 30 years of teaching the worst junior high kids his districts had. My son was in junior high. He moved to my parents house 10 min away and I think over time they just wore him down. Not to say it went smoothly, but by around 18 he became a joy to be around. </p><p></p><p>At age 22 he even apologized for all the things he did to hurt me. I have always had serious health problems and my son donated a significant portion of his monthly wages to a research group to help figure out a cure for the health problems. He felt so bad because he did things purposely to make me hurt physically when he was a kid. I told him over and over that I forgave him years ago, but he did that anyway. Now he is 25 and is working full time (has since he got out of high school at the same place basically), got a fairly big promotion at work so he is making a career of it. He is an avid D&D type gamer and just LOVES to have his little bro and his dad join him. He even likes having his sister join them except he growls at his friends for wanting to go out with her, lol! He is sweet, loving, a protective older brother, and will do just anything for any of us. He knows his limits and that some things really would set him off, so he avoids those. He has his father's off kilter sense of humor which delights us all, and we could not be prouder of him.</p><p></p><p>There is hope, but it may take years to realize that it really can get better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 694880, member: 1233"] My son was a delight and a nightmare, sometimes all at the same time. We had a 4 month psychiatric hospital stay and then he was home for 2 years before he spun out of all control. Then I was about to send him to a Boy's Home an hour away when my dad asked for a chance to turn things around. My dad had just retired from over 30 years of teaching the worst junior high kids his districts had. My son was in junior high. He moved to my parents house 10 min away and I think over time they just wore him down. Not to say it went smoothly, but by around 18 he became a joy to be around. At age 22 he even apologized for all the things he did to hurt me. I have always had serious health problems and my son donated a significant portion of his monthly wages to a research group to help figure out a cure for the health problems. He felt so bad because he did things purposely to make me hurt physically when he was a kid. I told him over and over that I forgave him years ago, but he did that anyway. Now he is 25 and is working full time (has since he got out of high school at the same place basically), got a fairly big promotion at work so he is making a career of it. He is an avid D&D type gamer and just LOVES to have his little bro and his dad join him. He even likes having his sister join them except he growls at his friends for wanting to go out with her, lol! He is sweet, loving, a protective older brother, and will do just anything for any of us. He knows his limits and that some things really would set him off, so he avoids those. He has his father's off kilter sense of humor which delights us all, and we could not be prouder of him. There is hope, but it may take years to realize that it really can get better. [/QUOTE]
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