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I wrote the Solicitor...sorta vent
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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 134174" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>Star---I think you did the right thing---and coming from a mean mom who allowed her son to sit in jail for 23 days on bogus charges and then made him plead guilty to a felony because he was kinda guilty---that says a lot. If difficult child is trying. If he is making an effort. Then he deserves a break. After all---the time he spent at the group home from he** should count for something. I know others haven't had my experiences with their local solicitors, but I have found mine amiable and willing to help---if they can. difficult child has all the things you've mentioned that dude has----because I wouldn't let him be defended. I made him plead. The charges against him were bogus. He was staying with a friend. In a drug induced state, he went with friend to cash a check. The store cashed it. The next morning, he took another check the friend had written and tried to cash it. The store manager is a friend of ours. She called husband. He said to call the cops. She did. The friend had stolen the checks from his 85 year old grandfather. difficult child never got a dime of money---he didn't steal the check, he didn't write the check. But he is now a convicted felon forgerer. It will be on his record for the rest of his life. He can't find a job, because who wants to hire a 19 year old felon check forgerer. Friend---he is still living with 85 year old grandpa and probably stealing him blind. difficult child---he is living in another town and going to college. Even if it was not fair---and it wasn't---it helped spark some change. Not enough to light a fire with---but....when you have lived 19 years with a difficult child, any small change is good. So.....you did right. I would have done the same if difficult child had made his changes before he went to court.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 134174, member: 1436"] Star---I think you did the right thing---and coming from a mean mom who allowed her son to sit in jail for 23 days on bogus charges and then made him plead guilty to a felony because he was kinda guilty---that says a lot. If difficult child is trying. If he is making an effort. Then he deserves a break. After all---the time he spent at the group home from he** should count for something. I know others haven't had my experiences with their local solicitors, but I have found mine amiable and willing to help---if they can. difficult child has all the things you've mentioned that dude has----because I wouldn't let him be defended. I made him plead. The charges against him were bogus. He was staying with a friend. In a drug induced state, he went with friend to cash a check. The store cashed it. The next morning, he took another check the friend had written and tried to cash it. The store manager is a friend of ours. She called husband. He said to call the cops. She did. The friend had stolen the checks from his 85 year old grandfather. difficult child never got a dime of money---he didn't steal the check, he didn't write the check. But he is now a convicted felon forgerer. It will be on his record for the rest of his life. He can't find a job, because who wants to hire a 19 year old felon check forgerer. Friend---he is still living with 85 year old grandpa and probably stealing him blind. difficult child---he is living in another town and going to college. Even if it was not fair---and it wasn't---it helped spark some change. Not enough to light a fire with---but....when you have lived 19 years with a difficult child, any small change is good. So.....you did right. I would have done the same if difficult child had made his changes before he went to court. [/QUOTE]
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