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Back after a few years, Difficult Child is stealing from family
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 733200" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Start a paper trail and disability status for your child NOW or you will have NO power over him at 18. Assess him for being disabled with help from school and his psychiatrist. Very important both. This is what we did with autistic son and without the early start and my gaining guardianship ( with my son's agreement) my son would have been on his own at 18 and he wasn't ready. I can't stress enough that even now your son needs to agree with help or you can't get him any. You can't do anything at 18 without his full consent, even if he can't care for himself. Adults have the right to not be able to care for themselves and to get no help for it. Stupid law but there it is.</p><p></p><p>Today my son is on his own, doing well. He was never a behavior problem though and is not mentally ill. That made it easier. Autism is a neurological delay not a mental illness. Your son's defiance may be his worse enemy. He may have to fail to accept help.</p><p></p><p>I would not allow your son to receive plain cash from anyone. He doesn't need to go shopping for any reason even Christmas</p><p> Tell the family to buy him things he needs,not cash or gift cards. Take any from noncompliant family and put it in an account for his later, more mature use. If he steals or breaks the law, call the cops. He needs to learn consequences now before a stranger turns him in and it is worse.</p><p></p><p>He needs to stop being the boss. It is dangerous for him. And you.</p><p></p><p>Love and light!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 733200, member: 1550"] Start a paper trail and disability status for your child NOW or you will have NO power over him at 18. Assess him for being disabled with help from school and his psychiatrist. Very important both. This is what we did with autistic son and without the early start and my gaining guardianship ( with my son's agreement) my son would have been on his own at 18 and he wasn't ready. I can't stress enough that even now your son needs to agree with help or you can't get him any. You can't do anything at 18 without his full consent, even if he can't care for himself. Adults have the right to not be able to care for themselves and to get no help for it. Stupid law but there it is. Today my son is on his own, doing well. He was never a behavior problem though and is not mentally ill. That made it easier. Autism is a neurological delay not a mental illness. Your son's defiance may be his worse enemy. He may have to fail to accept help. I would not allow your son to receive plain cash from anyone. He doesn't need to go shopping for any reason even Christmas Tell the family to buy him things he needs,not cash or gift cards. Take any from noncompliant family and put it in an account for his later, more mature use. If he steals or breaks the law, call the cops. He needs to learn consequences now before a stranger turns him in and it is worse. He needs to stop being the boss. It is dangerous for him. And you. Love and light! [/QUOTE]
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