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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 438556" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Star brings up good points about the mentor. I don't know about your state agencies because I don;'t live in that state but it sounds, more and more, that all states are starting to follow a similar trend in how to approach families with difficult children.</p><p></p><p>As far as the mentor, for those who didn't follow my and my son's ordeal last year, I had no problem with the mentor himself other than that he rescheduled difficult child's time to fit in playing in a band and some other job, several times. But the company waited weeks before they hired enough people to have a mentor for difficult child after his release from Department of Juvenile Justice. And there was absolutely nothing therapeutic about it- the kid was as Susie mentioned was typical- a young person looking for extra money. Therefore there was really nothing he did that helped difficult child cope or anything along those lines. BUT it didn't hurt difficult child and gave me a little respite and gave difficult child time out of the house when he was on house arrest (the PO allowed him to leave with the mentor and with me- with me only because I'm a single mom). And yes, they do try to pick a mentor who is same gender and of similar cultural background. So as long as it's from an agency that does background checks and makes sure the mentor isn't a perp or something, it probably will be fine and give difficult child something to do and give you a break. But as far as it solving any difficult child issues, I wouldn't hold my breath. It should be in addition to some sort of therapy, not in llieu of therapy, in my humble opinion. This is another service that I think would be a great help to Jen and her young difficult child, too, because it would get her daughter out of the house and help her adjust to going places with someone besides Jen so maybe she becomes a little less dependent on Jen and it would free up a little time for Jen to do something else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 438556, member: 3699"] Star brings up good points about the mentor. I don't know about your state agencies because I don;'t live in that state but it sounds, more and more, that all states are starting to follow a similar trend in how to approach families with difficult children. As far as the mentor, for those who didn't follow my and my son's ordeal last year, I had no problem with the mentor himself other than that he rescheduled difficult child's time to fit in playing in a band and some other job, several times. But the company waited weeks before they hired enough people to have a mentor for difficult child after his release from Department of Juvenile Justice. And there was absolutely nothing therapeutic about it- the kid was as Susie mentioned was typical- a young person looking for extra money. Therefore there was really nothing he did that helped difficult child cope or anything along those lines. BUT it didn't hurt difficult child and gave me a little respite and gave difficult child time out of the house when he was on house arrest (the PO allowed him to leave with the mentor and with me- with me only because I'm a single mom). And yes, they do try to pick a mentor who is same gender and of similar cultural background. So as long as it's from an agency that does background checks and makes sure the mentor isn't a perp or something, it probably will be fine and give difficult child something to do and give you a break. But as far as it solving any difficult child issues, I wouldn't hold my breath. It should be in addition to some sort of therapy, not in llieu of therapy, in my humble opinion. This is another service that I think would be a great help to Jen and her young difficult child, too, because it would get her daughter out of the house and help her adjust to going places with someone besides Jen so maybe she becomes a little less dependent on Jen and it would free up a little time for Jen to do something else. [/QUOTE]
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