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<blockquote data-quote="pinevalley" data-source="post: 522270" data-attributes="member: 3710"><p>Enzo: Welcome to this community. You will find a lot of wise parents here who can offer you advice and support. </p><p></p><p>It sounds like you have been very proactive in getting help for your difficult child. I know that it can be a nightmare to deal with a teen-ager who is out of control on drugs, and I am impressed with everything you have done so far to help your son. It was a very smart decision to keep your difficult child away from home, where it is so easy to get together with druggie friends and use weed again. Your son may really want to stop using drugs, but it is extremely hard for any teen to stop using unless they cut all ties with their druggie friends. </p><p></p><p>Has your difficult child agreed to see a counselor when he is home for the summer? When my difficult child was seeing a psychiatrist at home the doctor made our difficult child take the drug tests right before his appointment every week. This was great for me, because I did not have to force my son to take a drug test at home. The counselor was the bad guy giving the test, and that was much easier for me. </p><p></p><p>Have you made any plans to keep your difficult child busy during the summer? Will he take any classes, get a summer job, play sports, etc? I would try to keep him as busy as possible, so that he will not have much time to hang out with the wrong friends and smoke weed. If your difficult child is not interested in taking a class or getting a job, you can always require him to do volunteer work every weed in the summer. I know that it is really hard for 15 year old teens to find a summer job. When my difficult child was 15 years old he did not have a summer job, but my h and I offered to pay him every week for chores around our house. He also volunteered to work in a local thrift shop, and he really enjoyed working there all summer. He was proud that his volunteer work was really needed, and he was also able to use this experience as a good reference for a paying job. The only reason that our difficult child volunteered at the thrift shop was because my h and I insisted that our son had to keep busy every week. We did not allow him to stay home and watch tv all day long, or just hang out with his friends doing nothing at all. If teens do not have anything to keep them busy it is just too easy for them to get in trouble.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with your difficult child. Keep posting and let us know how he is doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pinevalley, post: 522270, member: 3710"] Enzo: Welcome to this community. You will find a lot of wise parents here who can offer you advice and support. It sounds like you have been very proactive in getting help for your difficult child. I know that it can be a nightmare to deal with a teen-ager who is out of control on drugs, and I am impressed with everything you have done so far to help your son. It was a very smart decision to keep your difficult child away from home, where it is so easy to get together with druggie friends and use weed again. Your son may really want to stop using drugs, but it is extremely hard for any teen to stop using unless they cut all ties with their druggie friends. Has your difficult child agreed to see a counselor when he is home for the summer? When my difficult child was seeing a psychiatrist at home the doctor made our difficult child take the drug tests right before his appointment every week. This was great for me, because I did not have to force my son to take a drug test at home. The counselor was the bad guy giving the test, and that was much easier for me. Have you made any plans to keep your difficult child busy during the summer? Will he take any classes, get a summer job, play sports, etc? I would try to keep him as busy as possible, so that he will not have much time to hang out with the wrong friends and smoke weed. If your difficult child is not interested in taking a class or getting a job, you can always require him to do volunteer work every weed in the summer. I know that it is really hard for 15 year old teens to find a summer job. When my difficult child was 15 years old he did not have a summer job, but my h and I offered to pay him every week for chores around our house. He also volunteered to work in a local thrift shop, and he really enjoyed working there all summer. He was proud that his volunteer work was really needed, and he was also able to use this experience as a good reference for a paying job. The only reason that our difficult child volunteered at the thrift shop was because my h and I insisted that our son had to keep busy every week. We did not allow him to stay home and watch tv all day long, or just hang out with his friends doing nothing at all. If teens do not have anything to keep them busy it is just too easy for them to get in trouble. Good luck with your difficult child. Keep posting and let us know how he is doing. [/QUOTE]
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