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Is it morally right for us to kick our 19 yo son out of the house?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kittycat" data-source="post: 574888" data-attributes="member: 15825"><p><span style="color: #000080"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">He did agree to go to therapy if I made the appointment; this after he refused to go for many months after proclaiming himself to be depressed. I may be wrong, but I think that if he goes, it will be to manipulate the therapist into being on his side. Remember, he thinks therapists are stupid... I'll add more info in another post. This will be therapist #5.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">He has no money. He did have $1000 in his savings account that I put there when he enrolled in community college. It was earmarked, and he was fully aware of this, to help us pay for the second semester's tuition. He used it for spending money from August through early November, instead of getting a part-time job. All but $50 was gone, according to his bank statement. I know he bought books (to read, not for school) and cigarettes, WOW, and fast food, and maybe some gas with it. Also pot, but not in large quantities.</span> <span style="color: #000080">I put Quicken on his computer so he could budget and keep track of his spending, and reconcile his bank account, but he refused to let me show him how to do that.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">He is certainly wrapped up in his computer usage, and it is definitely not all games.</span> <span style="color: #000080">He also does a lot of research in his areas of interest (mainly linguistics, physics, international politics), and edits (corrects) Wikipedia articles. He writes papers on linguistics. He has learned enough of several languages to be able to communicate with them. </span><span style="color: #000080">He went to an international program at a university in another state this past summer, and he met lots of people from a European country. He is fluent (actually fluent, not high school stuff) in another language - self-taught - and he earned 8 upper level semester hours of college credit in it. This is where he first smoked pot and drank alcohol.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">He needs the phone to call organizations that run shelters and to find a job, and in case of emergency. Pay phones are a thing of the past, at least around here. I know because I was in town and had left my cell phone at home -- I found a few pay phones; they were broken or disconnected.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kittycat, post: 574888, member: 15825"] [COLOR=#000080] He did agree to go to therapy if I made the appointment; this after he refused to go for many months after proclaiming himself to be depressed. I may be wrong, but I think that if he goes, it will be to manipulate the therapist into being on his side. Remember, he thinks therapists are stupid... I'll add more info in another post. This will be therapist #5.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]He has no money. He did have $1000 in his savings account that I put there when he enrolled in community college. It was earmarked, and he was fully aware of this, to help us pay for the second semester's tuition. He used it for spending money from August through early November, instead of getting a part-time job. All but $50 was gone, according to his bank statement. I know he bought books (to read, not for school) and cigarettes, WOW, and fast food, and maybe some gas with it. Also pot, but not in large quantities.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]I put Quicken on his computer so he could budget and keep track of his spending, and reconcile his bank account, but he refused to let me show him how to do that.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]He is certainly wrapped up in his computer usage, and it is definitely not all games.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]He also does a lot of research in his areas of interest (mainly linguistics, physics, international politics), and edits (corrects) Wikipedia articles. He writes papers on linguistics. He has learned enough of several languages to be able to communicate with them. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]He went to an international program at a university in another state this past summer, and he met lots of people from a European country. He is fluent (actually fluent, not high school stuff) in another language - self-taught - and he earned 8 upper level semester hours of college credit in it. This is where he first smoked pot and drank alcohol.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]He needs the phone to call organizations that run shelters and to find a job, and in case of emergency. Pay phones are a thing of the past, at least around here. I know because I was in town and had left my cell phone at home -- I found a few pay phones; they were broken or disconnected.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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