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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 620522" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I think the younger you can stop them from their illegal behavior, the better the chances it will be for good. My daughter started drug use at TWELVE. I didn't think kids that young took drugs. She stopped at 19, right after she was shown the door. I feel it is smarter to get them early rather than see if it goes into their 20's. The older they get, the harder it gets and if it lags into thirty...or even twenty-six....not good.</p><p></p><p>I believe in tough love and if I were you, I'd rather do this now than when he is twenty-eight, jobless, a few stints in jail and still using drugs. I'm a big believer in early intervention. So, if you have the stomach for it, I think he should learn young that this is unacceptable to you and you won't help him ruin his life; that if he must ruin it, it will not be under your roof or with your funding. It seems the longer you enable these drug users or criminals (or both), the longer it takes for them to get their lives together. Make no mistake about it. Some never do. I am grateful my daughter stopped at a young age, even though it was so hard to be that tough on her at the time.</p><p></p><p>Wishing you a peaceful night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 620522, member: 1550"] I think the younger you can stop them from their illegal behavior, the better the chances it will be for good. My daughter started drug use at TWELVE. I didn't think kids that young took drugs. She stopped at 19, right after she was shown the door. I feel it is smarter to get them early rather than see if it goes into their 20's. The older they get, the harder it gets and if it lags into thirty...or even twenty-six....not good. I believe in tough love and if I were you, I'd rather do this now than when he is twenty-eight, jobless, a few stints in jail and still using drugs. I'm a big believer in early intervention. So, if you have the stomach for it, I think he should learn young that this is unacceptable to you and you won't help him ruin his life; that if he must ruin it, it will not be under your roof or with your funding. It seems the longer you enable these drug users or criminals (or both), the longer it takes for them to get their lives together. Make no mistake about it. Some never do. I am grateful my daughter stopped at a young age, even though it was so hard to be that tough on her at the time. Wishing you a peaceful night. [/QUOTE]
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