pinevalley
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My 14 year old difficult child has just started sneaking out of our house in the middle of the night. Two times in the last month he left our house at 2am and walked over one mile to his girlfriend's house. Our son is very sneaky, and he will wait until we are asleep and then leave our house. The first time that I found out about this I started sleeping on the couch, so that I could see our son if he tried to open the front door. I actually caught him trying to leave the house when he thought that I was asleep. My husband and I have punished our difficult child for leaving the house, and we have told him that it is against the law to be running around so late at night. Our difficult child listens to us and then he will do exactly what he wants to do. Our difficult child has a complete disregard for our rules, and we don't know how we can keep him from sneaking out of our house. He is crazy for this girl, and she brags that she can do whatever she wants,and that she has no rules to follow at her house. Our difficult child told me that he gets mad at me for making him follow rules at our house, so he sneaks out of the house to spite me. I am really afraid that he will get this girl pregnant.
Our difficult child has been diagnosed with epilepsy, and he has always had a problem with impulse control and defiance. He has just started taking depakote, and he has regular therapy with a psychiatrist. Does anyone has any suggestions on what we can do to try to prevent our difficult child from leaving the house in the middle of the night? I really don't want to have to sleep on the couch every night, but I can't trust our son to stay in the house. Thanks,
Our difficult child has been diagnosed with epilepsy, and he has always had a problem with impulse control and defiance. He has just started taking depakote, and he has regular therapy with a psychiatrist. Does anyone has any suggestions on what we can do to try to prevent our difficult child from leaving the house in the middle of the night? I really don't want to have to sleep on the couch every night, but I can't trust our son to stay in the house. Thanks,