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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 620632" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Hi... I, too, am a stepparent. I found this board 5 years ago when I was in severe crisis myself and it has been a sanity saver.</p><p></p><p>I don't have a lot to add, because you've gotten some very good advice. Let me say this, though. When Belle was 16, she took off - and we refused to let her come back. husband was threatened with being charged with abandonment and he said, fine, whatever, do it - and they never did. Why not? She had a record, for one... Multiple psychiatric admits... And we were willing to work with the system, to protect her little brother.</p><p></p><p>3 weeks in a teen shelter, then we found private foster care - EXPENSIVE. Even the foster mom finally threw her hands in the air - and she's been doing this for a few decades. At this point we <em>finally</em> got her probation officer and the court to agree (PO was great, court kept giving her taps on the wrist) and sent her to Residential Treatment Center (RTC).</p><p></p><p>It was better - and worse - when she came back. She left here about 2 weeks after her 18th birthday. She is currently in prison.</p><p></p><p>The fact is, you cannot make them change. But you CAN protect your daughter and your wife and yourself. If both you and wife are on the same page, it will be easier. Call children's services and BEG THEM FOR HELP. That's something, and you won't feel so helpless.</p><p></p><p>hugs, and welcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 620632, member: 6705"] Hi... I, too, am a stepparent. I found this board 5 years ago when I was in severe crisis myself and it has been a sanity saver. I don't have a lot to add, because you've gotten some very good advice. Let me say this, though. When Belle was 16, she took off - and we refused to let her come back. husband was threatened with being charged with abandonment and he said, fine, whatever, do it - and they never did. Why not? She had a record, for one... Multiple psychiatric admits... And we were willing to work with the system, to protect her little brother. 3 weeks in a teen shelter, then we found private foster care - EXPENSIVE. Even the foster mom finally threw her hands in the air - and she's been doing this for a few decades. At this point we [I]finally[/I] got her probation officer and the court to agree (PO was great, court kept giving her taps on the wrist) and sent her to Residential Treatment Center (RTC). It was better - and worse - when she came back. She left here about 2 weeks after her 18th birthday. She is currently in prison. The fact is, you cannot make them change. But you CAN protect your daughter and your wife and yourself. If both you and wife are on the same page, it will be easier. Call children's services and BEG THEM FOR HELP. That's something, and you won't feel so helpless. hugs, and welcome! [/QUOTE]
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