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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 448236" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Kathy....hey girl and boy am I so sorry to see your name here for this problem. Oh cripes. Well...yes its a felony if she even wrote it for 20 bucks. Sorry to give you the bad news. Sigh.</p><p></p><p>I am the expert on all matters check related with our difficult child's. When I even read that she wrote one and then two more were missing...oh lordy my stomach dropped as if I was reliving 4 years ago. And it was...4 years ago almost to today that Cory did it...</p><p></p><p>I think you need to decide on several things right now. What do you need to accomplish? For me, I had to stop Cory's downward spiral. Nothing else was getting through to him. I had to bring him up hard and fast and that I did. it turned his world around. On the other hand, I have saddled him with 3 felonies for life. Okay, I didnt but I did charge him...or decided to charge him. I could have just allowed him to pay me back and held the checks as a threat but I didnt think that would be taken as seriously to him. Maybe it would to your daughter...I dont know. </p><p></p><p>I do know that 4 years later Cory is doing much better. He isnt perfect by any means but he is not stealing anything anymore...lol. I can leave anything out at my house now and he wont touch it. I knew I could trust him again when I left 5 dollars on my desk and it stayed there for weeks and weeks on end and he was in and out of my house and I know he saw it. In fact a few times he brought it up to me but I just said...oh I know...and left it there. He never even touched it. A year or so ago I told him I was testing him. He just sighed. LOL. </p><p></p><p>I cant tell you what to do. Charging Cory was right for me at the time but it has cost him a lot too. Would I do it again? In the same circumstances? Yes. He knows it too. He has told people (like lawyers) that he stole from me and I am the one who turned him and they are astounded. I guess they dont get many mothers who do that. Maybe thats why his PO works with him. Dunno.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 448236, member: 1514"] Kathy....hey girl and boy am I so sorry to see your name here for this problem. Oh cripes. Well...yes its a felony if she even wrote it for 20 bucks. Sorry to give you the bad news. Sigh. I am the expert on all matters check related with our difficult child's. When I even read that she wrote one and then two more were missing...oh lordy my stomach dropped as if I was reliving 4 years ago. And it was...4 years ago almost to today that Cory did it... I think you need to decide on several things right now. What do you need to accomplish? For me, I had to stop Cory's downward spiral. Nothing else was getting through to him. I had to bring him up hard and fast and that I did. it turned his world around. On the other hand, I have saddled him with 3 felonies for life. Okay, I didnt but I did charge him...or decided to charge him. I could have just allowed him to pay me back and held the checks as a threat but I didnt think that would be taken as seriously to him. Maybe it would to your daughter...I dont know. I do know that 4 years later Cory is doing much better. He isnt perfect by any means but he is not stealing anything anymore...lol. I can leave anything out at my house now and he wont touch it. I knew I could trust him again when I left 5 dollars on my desk and it stayed there for weeks and weeks on end and he was in and out of my house and I know he saw it. In fact a few times he brought it up to me but I just said...oh I know...and left it there. He never even touched it. A year or so ago I told him I was testing him. He just sighed. LOL. I cant tell you what to do. Charging Cory was right for me at the time but it has cost him a lot too. Would I do it again? In the same circumstances? Yes. He knows it too. He has told people (like lawyers) that he stole from me and I am the one who turned him and they are astounded. I guess they dont get many mothers who do that. Maybe thats why his PO works with him. Dunno. [/QUOTE]
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