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<blockquote data-quote="hearthope" data-source="post: 47802" data-attributes="member: 2389"><p>I am not going into all the problems of the system ~ Just want to share a short story.</p><p></p><p></p><p>When my son came home the last time he slowly started slipping back into old habits including using drugs. NOTHING I did or said made a difference. I was on the verge of telling him to leave and my parents made a deal with him.</p><p></p><p>If he did basically all that was expected of him at work and home and changed his attitude toward us, they would go ahead and give him the money they were holding for his car.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I witnessed my son turn back into my son that had been lost. He made the choice to do the right things. He lived by the letter all the up to the day he got his car.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Then that same day, he turned back into the difficult child.</p><p></p><p>He has been gone ever since.</p><p></p><p>I know every situation is different, yet I do believe that wrong choices are being made. I believe right and wrong have been taught and they have no desire to do right.</p><p></p><p>The reason we do all we do before they turn 18 is that after that date they know we have no say. They are never just tossed out, we do everything humanly possible to get them to change.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Then the time comes that we can no longer survive in the turmoil, that other members of our family are suffering and we have to let go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearthope, post: 47802, member: 2389"] I am not going into all the problems of the system ~ Just want to share a short story. When my son came home the last time he slowly started slipping back into old habits including using drugs. NOTHING I did or said made a difference. I was on the verge of telling him to leave and my parents made a deal with him. If he did basically all that was expected of him at work and home and changed his attitude toward us, they would go ahead and give him the money they were holding for his car. I witnessed my son turn back into my son that had been lost. He made the choice to do the right things. He lived by the letter all the up to the day he got his car. Then that same day, he turned back into the difficult child. He has been gone ever since. I know every situation is different, yet I do believe that wrong choices are being made. I believe right and wrong have been taught and they have no desire to do right. The reason we do all we do before they turn 18 is that after that date they know we have no say. They are never just tossed out, we do everything humanly possible to get them to change. Then the time comes that we can no longer survive in the turmoil, that other members of our family are suffering and we have to let go. [/QUOTE]
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