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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 62128"><p>Marg, I completely agree with you, but I don't know how to get through to him. These are things I could do with my kids, but with GFGII it's a different story. Once he gets something in his head - or once he's decided he wants to do something - there is no reasoning with him. That's what I mean by he has to learn the hard way. There is just no talking to him and actually getting through. He's so freaking hard-headed and stubborn.</p><p></p><p>I know his mother will not allow him to do what he is planning. What got me was the statement that he knows how to get his act in gear when he has to and that he listens to other people because they can kick him out. It was jaw-dropping.</p><p></p><p>I know him well enough to know that he can't get his act in gear like he says. Inevitably, someone would tell him no or he'd get caught doing something he's not supposed to (cause that statement in no way implied he would walk the straight and narrow, just that he'd be more sneaky about it) and he'd get a major attitude and he'd be out the door. Like I said, it only took a couple of days at another friend's...and he was just there visiting.</p><p></p><p>Wend, like you I try to offer counsel. It saddens me to see the path he is taking and to know how hard he is making his life. I told him last night that he was too young for life to be so complicated, but that he was making it so. It's such a helpless feeling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 62128"] Marg, I completely agree with you, but I don't know how to get through to him. These are things I could do with my kids, but with GFGII it's a different story. Once he gets something in his head - or once he's decided he wants to do something - there is no reasoning with him. That's what I mean by he has to learn the hard way. There is just no talking to him and actually getting through. He's so freaking hard-headed and stubborn. I know his mother will not allow him to do what he is planning. What got me was the statement that he knows how to get his act in gear when he has to and that he listens to other people because they can kick him out. It was jaw-dropping. I know him well enough to know that he can't get his act in gear like he says. Inevitably, someone would tell him no or he'd get caught doing something he's not supposed to (cause that statement in no way implied he would walk the straight and narrow, just that he'd be more sneaky about it) and he'd get a major attitude and he'd be out the door. Like I said, it only took a couple of days at another friend's...and he was just there visiting. Wend, like you I try to offer counsel. It saddens me to see the path he is taking and to know how hard he is making his life. I told him last night that he was too young for life to be so complicated, but that he was making it so. It's such a helpless feeling. [/QUOTE]
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