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<blockquote data-quote="strugglingdad" data-source="post: 691851" data-attributes="member: 18750"><p>He is transferring to a different school that works with kids like him to complete his senior year. He has just enough room in his schedule to get all of the credits he needs to graduate, but if he fails ANYTHING, he won't graduate and I know him, he won't do summer school or get his GED, so he'll just be a HS drop-out with no prospects. </p><p></p><p>His new vice principal was excited to have him, knew about his situation, and insisted that he show up today to complete the community service he has thus far refused to complete. Last night rolls around, and all of a sudden he "has plans" for today and wants to put community service off until Tuesday. We reminded him that they are expecting him, and will likely notify his probation officer if he fails to show. He decided not to go anyway and his PO called me around noon to ask why he didn't show up. I told her that he decided he had something else to do. She started yelling at me and I had to tell her that we told him several times in the strongest possible words that he needed to go and get this done, but he's a 6'2" 300 lb person...we're not going to make him do anything he doesn't want to, and there will be no violence in my home, so putting my hands on him to try and make him do anything is not an option anyway. She told me to bring him to the school where she works immediately and he could do his community service there. </p><p></p><p>I passed along to him everything she said and told him to get dressed to go do his CS with her at the school and he just melted down. He just can't seem to get it through his thick skull that he's at the mercy of his own bad choices. So, I called her back and told her he was refusing to go to the school. All she can do at this point is document everything in his file and let the judge decide his fate. </p><p></p><p>One thing that really irked me is that she told me the judge is going to tell me that the courts are not here to parent my kid for me. I wanted to scream at her and say "I know that, but we can't parent him either, he listens to NOBODY". But yelling at this point serves no purpose. </p><p></p><p>He wants to just go to JDC because he thinks that after a brief stay there, he'll get out and have no more probation or accountability to anyone. Honestly, at this point I hope they send him.</p><p></p><p>I hate him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="strugglingdad, post: 691851, member: 18750"] He is transferring to a different school that works with kids like him to complete his senior year. He has just enough room in his schedule to get all of the credits he needs to graduate, but if he fails ANYTHING, he won't graduate and I know him, he won't do summer school or get his GED, so he'll just be a HS drop-out with no prospects. His new vice principal was excited to have him, knew about his situation, and insisted that he show up today to complete the community service he has thus far refused to complete. Last night rolls around, and all of a sudden he "has plans" for today and wants to put community service off until Tuesday. We reminded him that they are expecting him, and will likely notify his probation officer if he fails to show. He decided not to go anyway and his PO called me around noon to ask why he didn't show up. I told her that he decided he had something else to do. She started yelling at me and I had to tell her that we told him several times in the strongest possible words that he needed to go and get this done, but he's a 6'2" 300 lb person...we're not going to make him do anything he doesn't want to, and there will be no violence in my home, so putting my hands on him to try and make him do anything is not an option anyway. She told me to bring him to the school where she works immediately and he could do his community service there. I passed along to him everything she said and told him to get dressed to go do his CS with her at the school and he just melted down. He just can't seem to get it through his thick skull that he's at the mercy of his own bad choices. So, I called her back and told her he was refusing to go to the school. All she can do at this point is document everything in his file and let the judge decide his fate. One thing that really irked me is that she told me the judge is going to tell me that the courts are not here to parent my kid for me. I wanted to scream at her and say "I know that, but we can't parent him either, he listens to NOBODY". But yelling at this point serves no purpose. He wants to just go to JDC because he thinks that after a brief stay there, he'll get out and have no more probation or accountability to anyone. Honestly, at this point I hope they send him. I hate him. [/QUOTE]
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