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<blockquote data-quote="standswithcourage" data-source="post: 267408" data-attributes="member: 3948"><p>Yes I have the same situation sometimes and I feel so guilty until I tell the person that is questioning the things I do as a parent what is REALLYgoing on. I had this little old lady call the other day - saying my son had been to her door doing everything he could to survive - she gave him $3.00 and some orange juice and wanted me to call her - she continued to say "what is he going to do?" and "I felt so sorry for him", etc. I told her that we werent bad parents but that his drug abuse had caused problems for us for a very long time - she kinda perked up then - she said he was worth saving - that she could see it in his eyes - she was going to give him money for lawn work and ask him to bring her the receipts!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, his take was - mom what did you tell her? I just want money from her - you probably ruined it for me!!! He didnt care that she cared about him or felt sorry for him - he just wanted to use her. Unbelievable. I understand and that made me feel guilty for a little while but then I thought he hasnt been around her long enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="standswithcourage, post: 267408, member: 3948"] Yes I have the same situation sometimes and I feel so guilty until I tell the person that is questioning the things I do as a parent what is REALLYgoing on. I had this little old lady call the other day - saying my son had been to her door doing everything he could to survive - she gave him $3.00 and some orange juice and wanted me to call her - she continued to say "what is he going to do?" and "I felt so sorry for him", etc. I told her that we werent bad parents but that his drug abuse had caused problems for us for a very long time - she kinda perked up then - she said he was worth saving - that she could see it in his eyes - she was going to give him money for lawn work and ask him to bring her the receipts!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, his take was - mom what did you tell her? I just want money from her - you probably ruined it for me!!! He didnt care that she cared about him or felt sorry for him - he just wanted to use her. Unbelievable. I understand and that made me feel guilty for a little while but then I thought he hasnt been around her long enough. [/QUOTE]
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