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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 509865" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I don't think you are doing anything less than you can be doing. I tried it all, even homeschooling so she couldn't see her friends (cough). Well, she jimmied the window in her room at night and ran all over town finding those friends and getting high. So we put bars on her windows. She still managed to get out of the house, find her friends, do drugs, etc. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes turning them in is the best thing we can do for them. Once the courts are involved, often they can mandate rehab and therapy and the child has no option other than comply or face a more serious placement at the state's expense. Some kids go to foster care. Others go to RTCs. I have heard of parents who give up parental rights just so that the state puts the child into treatment centers at the state's expense. </p><p></p><p>I am not telling you to do any of those extremes. We didn't. I'm just saying that when kids are devoted to drugs, there is little you can do to stop them. Even heart to heart talks didn't work because when kids (or adults) are using drugs, every word they say is a lie. </p><p></p><p>Hugs and post on Substance Abuse. A lot of those parents are currently going through what you are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 509865, member: 1550"] I don't think you are doing anything less than you can be doing. I tried it all, even homeschooling so she couldn't see her friends (cough). Well, she jimmied the window in her room at night and ran all over town finding those friends and getting high. So we put bars on her windows. She still managed to get out of the house, find her friends, do drugs, etc. Sometimes turning them in is the best thing we can do for them. Once the courts are involved, often they can mandate rehab and therapy and the child has no option other than comply or face a more serious placement at the state's expense. Some kids go to foster care. Others go to RTCs. I have heard of parents who give up parental rights just so that the state puts the child into treatment centers at the state's expense. I am not telling you to do any of those extremes. We didn't. I'm just saying that when kids are devoted to drugs, there is little you can do to stop them. Even heart to heart talks didn't work because when kids (or adults) are using drugs, every word they say is a lie. Hugs and post on Substance Abuse. A lot of those parents are currently going through what you are. [/QUOTE]
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