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Do more of 50% of cases where you kick your kid out works as a solution?
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 666636" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>I dont think kicking a kid out is a "solution" really. The reality is that when you kick a kid out it often gets way worse before it gets better. We kicked my son out and things definintely got worse with arrests and some homelessness etc. The time he was homeless was definitely very hard on me. So at this point I dont see it as a good way to force them to get help, because they might not for awhile and there are many risks along the way.</p><p></p><p>Having said that in our case I still think it was the only thing we really could do. He was flagrantly violating all the rules (which were minor normal things you would expect of anyone living with you) and when he told me he needed to turn things around he threatened me. I knew then we could not continue to let him live a life where you didnt have to obey any rules.... and that in society that would nto be tolerated... and it wasn't which is why he was arrested several times!! </p><p></p><p>I will say that now a few years later he has voluntarily gone to rehab and really seems to be turning things around because he wants to. But this is after a rough few years.</p><p></p><p>So I think there are times when kicking a kid out is really the only option, but I would not do it as a means to get them to get their life together because things could just get worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 666636, member: 15801"] I dont think kicking a kid out is a "solution" really. The reality is that when you kick a kid out it often gets way worse before it gets better. We kicked my son out and things definintely got worse with arrests and some homelessness etc. The time he was homeless was definitely very hard on me. So at this point I dont see it as a good way to force them to get help, because they might not for awhile and there are many risks along the way. Having said that in our case I still think it was the only thing we really could do. He was flagrantly violating all the rules (which were minor normal things you would expect of anyone living with you) and when he told me he needed to turn things around he threatened me. I knew then we could not continue to let him live a life where you didnt have to obey any rules.... and that in society that would nto be tolerated... and it wasn't which is why he was arrested several times!! I will say that now a few years later he has voluntarily gone to rehab and really seems to be turning things around because he wants to. But this is after a rough few years. So I think there are times when kicking a kid out is really the only option, but I would not do it as a means to get them to get their life together because things could just get worse. [/QUOTE]
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