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I threw my son out of the house today, and i feel like the worst mother.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 441276" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there. </p><p></p><p>I wanted to welcome you; am not sure I can be of much help except to say that my daughter did drugs and your son is probably only admitting to pot...there is likely much more than that going on. Also, you already figured out that bailing hm out of trouble isn't helping him learn. </p><p></p><p>What country do you live in? In the US, one can't force a 19 year old to go to any program, let alone an Outward Bound. Here, if the adult doesn't want to go, he can't be forced. As for whether it helps long term, I don't know. I'm personally not a big believer that a month away at a program like that will cure one for life. Drugs is a hard problem to kick. If he goes right back to his "friends" again, he will probably keep doing the same thing. </p><p></p><p>If it were me, I would not pay for college at all anymore or let him live at home. The best thing I did for my daughter was to send her away. She straightened out after that, but we were able to send her far away and she could get away from her (ahem, cough) friends. She is still straight almost eight years later and is graduating college in December.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 441276, member: 1550"] Hi there. I wanted to welcome you; am not sure I can be of much help except to say that my daughter did drugs and your son is probably only admitting to pot...there is likely much more than that going on. Also, you already figured out that bailing hm out of trouble isn't helping him learn. What country do you live in? In the US, one can't force a 19 year old to go to any program, let alone an Outward Bound. Here, if the adult doesn't want to go, he can't be forced. As for whether it helps long term, I don't know. I'm personally not a big believer that a month away at a program like that will cure one for life. Drugs is a hard problem to kick. If he goes right back to his "friends" again, he will probably keep doing the same thing. If it were me, I would not pay for college at all anymore or let him live at home. The best thing I did for my daughter was to send her away. She straightened out after that, but we were able to send her far away and she could get away from her (ahem, cough) friends. She is still straight almost eight years later and is graduating college in December. [/QUOTE]
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