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<blockquote data-quote="ThreeShadows" data-source="post: 557945" data-attributes="member: 6370"><p>TL, my adopted difficult child 2 went the same path as your son. He started pulling away at age 16. He had been befriending a lot of single mothers who had made many mistakes in their youth. I believe that he was trying to understand why his biomom "gave him up". he ran away and lived on the street, lived in a car, couch surfed, panhandled, went on food stamps, etc. After some years, he decided that he didn't want to live that way anymore. He still says that he would never give up those experiences because he learned a lot from them. He has thanked me for raising him and using tough love.</p><p></p><p>He is now a married man, in love with his wife and in love with his job. He can't wait to have children so he can "raise them right", lol! He is constantly surprised by our willingness to forgive and forget and be willing to help when he and daughter in law need it. There were so many times that I thought he would not experience gratitude. I can say this to you now, because the insane years are behind us, but I now understand why many native societies used to send their teens out in the wilderness to face their own mortality.</p><p></p><p>God bless your mother heart!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThreeShadows, post: 557945, member: 6370"] TL, my adopted difficult child 2 went the same path as your son. He started pulling away at age 16. He had been befriending a lot of single mothers who had made many mistakes in their youth. I believe that he was trying to understand why his biomom "gave him up". he ran away and lived on the street, lived in a car, couch surfed, panhandled, went on food stamps, etc. After some years, he decided that he didn't want to live that way anymore. He still says that he would never give up those experiences because he learned a lot from them. He has thanked me for raising him and using tough love. He is now a married man, in love with his wife and in love with his job. He can't wait to have children so he can "raise them right", lol! He is constantly surprised by our willingness to forgive and forget and be willing to help when he and daughter in law need it. There were so many times that I thought he would not experience gratitude. I can say this to you now, because the insane years are behind us, but I now understand why many native societies used to send their teens out in the wilderness to face their own mortality. God bless your mother heart! [/QUOTE]
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