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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 149111" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Keep up the work you are doing. Your goal is to protect difficult child and hopefully get him help before he is an adult.</p><p> </p><p>I had a friend once whose daughter was in big trouble with inappropriate behaviors since age 13 (parents thought it was ok for her to have a much older boyfriend since he lived so far away and they only talked via the phone - she showed up at an event high and told her mom she just took too many sleeping pills and couldn't wake up - 16 yrs old at the time). She ended up on drugs by the time she was 15. Dad got angry with her back talk when she was 16 and slapped her mouth for her language - of course when her friends found out, they told her to turn her dad in for abuse but still no help for her because it doesn't matter that you are being disrepectful and using bad language to your parents, they are not allowed to slap you - if the courts would have looked at the home at that time maybe she would have gotten the help she needed sooner. When she was finally 18 years old, the parents decided she needed more help and took her to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for chemical use. Since she was an "adult" they had no say in her staying so of course she didn't. She would have to wait to be in trouble before being committed otherwise she is an adult and can make her own choices in life.</p><p> </p><p>You are doing the right thing. Trying to get difficult child help while you and any other adult (docs, ect.) still have a legal say in his life. Unfortunately our kids are deemed "adults" when they reach a certain age regardless of how ready they are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 149111, member: 5096"] Keep up the work you are doing. Your goal is to protect difficult child and hopefully get him help before he is an adult. I had a friend once whose daughter was in big trouble with inappropriate behaviors since age 13 (parents thought it was ok for her to have a much older boyfriend since he lived so far away and they only talked via the phone - she showed up at an event high and told her mom she just took too many sleeping pills and couldn't wake up - 16 yrs old at the time). She ended up on drugs by the time she was 15. Dad got angry with her back talk when she was 16 and slapped her mouth for her language - of course when her friends found out, they told her to turn her dad in for abuse but still no help for her because it doesn't matter that you are being disrepectful and using bad language to your parents, they are not allowed to slap you - if the courts would have looked at the home at that time maybe she would have gotten the help she needed sooner. When she was finally 18 years old, the parents decided she needed more help and took her to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for chemical use. Since she was an "adult" they had no say in her staying so of course she didn't. She would have to wait to be in trouble before being committed otherwise she is an adult and can make her own choices in life. You are doing the right thing. Trying to get difficult child help while you and any other adult (docs, ect.) still have a legal say in his life. Unfortunately our kids are deemed "adults" when they reach a certain age regardless of how ready they are. [/QUOTE]
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