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Kicked out 18 yr old son today....how did I get here?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 733536" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I just wanted to say I understand. Maybe not the football thing, my son was never athletic, but he was very bright and I, and I think he, saw a future for him in some computer or communications field. Certainly college. Probably on scholarship. He seemingly threw it away too. Like you, it seemed like overnight he changed. The first time he left home he was 17 and still in school. When we put him out, he was 19, out of school, and home from having failed every single community college class for an entire year, costing us $10,000 for nothing.</p><p></p><p>The day I made him leave was the worst day of my entire life.</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, after years of bad days and better days, he is now 23 and seems to be getting his life together, lives in another state (where pot is legal), works, and has a fiancé. Does he work at his dream job? No. In fact last I heard he worked at Burger King. But he's finally growing up and getting his head on straight.</p><p></p><p>Your son is very young. He may yet pull himself together. But HE has to pull HIMSELF together. You can't "fix" him. God knows we <em>all</em> tried to fix our kids. In the end, you can only fix yourself. Be kind to yourself. Stay here with us. The support of these wonderful people can really help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 733536, member: 17309"] I just wanted to say I understand. Maybe not the football thing, my son was never athletic, but he was very bright and I, and I think he, saw a future for him in some computer or communications field. Certainly college. Probably on scholarship. He seemingly threw it away too. Like you, it seemed like overnight he changed. The first time he left home he was 17 and still in school. When we put him out, he was 19, out of school, and home from having failed every single community college class for an entire year, costing us $10,000 for nothing. The day I made him leave was the worst day of my entire life. For what it's worth, after years of bad days and better days, he is now 23 and seems to be getting his life together, lives in another state (where pot is legal), works, and has a fiancé. Does he work at his dream job? No. In fact last I heard he worked at Burger King. But he's finally growing up and getting his head on straight. Your son is very young. He may yet pull himself together. But HE has to pull HIMSELF together. You can't "fix" him. God knows we [I]all[/I] tried to fix our kids. In the end, you can only fix yourself. Be kind to yourself. Stay here with us. The support of these wonderful people can really help. [/QUOTE]
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