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Anyone with experience turning to child protective services for help?
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<blockquote data-quote="dayatatime" data-source="post: 625616" data-attributes="member: 17805"><p>He's 16 and an only child. The court case is via an arrest I made happen- violence around the home. And, no, no danger at the moment. He's in a calm patch. And, substance isn't really primary. It's behavioral. The only substance is weed. Though he's experimented with others in the past.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I know he will only quite when he's ready. I don't really feel, though, like him quitting or not quitting is the bottom line. Even though the underlying stuff also isn't going to improve if he doesn't want help. And if he doesn't, then just how do I get him away from me. </p><p></p><p>He hasn't been to school in 1 year. He does nothing but watch tv. No friends, really. Doesn't listen to a word I say, won't do his own dishes or clean up after himself, will only eat exactly what he wants to eat and had to be hospitalized this fall for drastic weight loss around the same issue, so just not "obeying" him isn't a great idea- leads to the hospital, but no psychiatric care. </p><p></p><p>If I do a new arrest it will go to criminal court and adult jail now- so I'd rather work through the arrest that's in court via family court (which he has aged out of)- at least that will only lead to juvy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dayatatime, post: 625616, member: 17805"] He's 16 and an only child. The court case is via an arrest I made happen- violence around the home. And, no, no danger at the moment. He's in a calm patch. And, substance isn't really primary. It's behavioral. The only substance is weed. Though he's experimented with others in the past. Yes, I know he will only quite when he's ready. I don't really feel, though, like him quitting or not quitting is the bottom line. Even though the underlying stuff also isn't going to improve if he doesn't want help. And if he doesn't, then just how do I get him away from me. He hasn't been to school in 1 year. He does nothing but watch tv. No friends, really. Doesn't listen to a word I say, won't do his own dishes or clean up after himself, will only eat exactly what he wants to eat and had to be hospitalized this fall for drastic weight loss around the same issue, so just not "obeying" him isn't a great idea- leads to the hospital, but no psychiatric care. If I do a new arrest it will go to criminal court and adult jail now- so I'd rather work through the arrest that's in court via family court (which he has aged out of)- at least that will only lead to juvy. [/QUOTE]
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