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Countdown to Job Corps...Will he make it?
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<blockquote data-quote="SeekingStrength" data-source="post: 656887" data-attributes="member: 17635"><p>Hugs Lil,</p><p></p><p>I was/am hoping the Job Corps stint would be just what your son needed and it would/will work out wonderfully.</p><p></p><p>We do not find this forum because our kids are messing up here and there. We find this wonderful oasis because our kids are making the wrong choices over and over and over and we are desperate.</p><p></p><p>My 34yo son would most probably have made the same choices your son is making today. It makes me really feel for you. Heck, my son was incarcerated and would not do any community job chores (such as pick up trash along the road) to shorten his time. Double-heck, my son would show up for work thirty minutes late (and would consequently be fired) because he wanted to sit on the sofa, leisurely eat a bowl of cereal and watch tv.</p><p></p><p>He was alternately lazy, depressed, angry. Spending $$ on counseling never did a bit of good because difficult child would never level with the therapist. Yet, husband and I kept trying and trying. We knew it was our responsibility when he was your son's age- and, sadly, for many years afterwards.</p><p></p><p>If husband and I had realized then what we know now....</p><p></p><p>I have so many embarrassing stories. Embarrassing now. At the time, husband and I thought we were helping difficult child, being great parents, standing by our firstborn, who was acting like a total jerk.</p><p></p><p>Experience is the best teacher - at least, for us parents.</p><p></p><p>So glad you and Jabber had a nice night.</p><p></p><p>Three lbs is nothing, by the way. My scales say that all the time.</p><p></p><p>SS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeekingStrength, post: 656887, member: 17635"] Hugs Lil, I was/am hoping the Job Corps stint would be just what your son needed and it would/will work out wonderfully. We do not find this forum because our kids are messing up here and there. We find this wonderful oasis because our kids are making the wrong choices over and over and over and we are desperate. My 34yo son would most probably have made the same choices your son is making today. It makes me really feel for you. Heck, my son was incarcerated and would not do any community job chores (such as pick up trash along the road) to shorten his time. Double-heck, my son would show up for work thirty minutes late (and would consequently be fired) because he wanted to sit on the sofa, leisurely eat a bowl of cereal and watch tv. He was alternately lazy, depressed, angry. Spending $$ on counseling never did a bit of good because difficult child would never level with the therapist. Yet, husband and I kept trying and trying. We knew it was our responsibility when he was your son's age- and, sadly, for many years afterwards. If husband and I had realized then what we know now.... I have so many embarrassing stories. Embarrassing now. At the time, husband and I thought we were helping difficult child, being great parents, standing by our firstborn, who was acting like a total jerk. Experience is the best teacher - at least, for us parents. So glad you and Jabber had a nice night. Three lbs is nothing, by the way. My scales say that all the time. SS [/QUOTE]
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