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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 547081" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>That's ALL you can do, exhausted, and I'm starting to wonder if hitting that line as parents isn't the biggest turning point for the young adults, or those about to leave the teen years. Whether it's MI or nothing more than ODD/CD, they don't seem to even consider taking responsibility for any of it until the parent says (and sticks by) that they've already done all they can and they (the parent) has to let it go to someone else's hands. I've already told this new PO where we live now that E is too close to being18yo for me to cater to everything he and they want anymore and that approach cost me everything in the past and I'm not about to let it cost me this job I just started. They (E and/or PO) can do whatever they want to about it. I simply don't care. I'll do my part to support E as long as he does what he should and treats me with respect and will pay tuition and fees for college if he wants to go. He has to find a way to pay the rest of the costs. If he doesn't go to college, he'll have to find another place to live and means to support himself come June of next year. That's it. Period. My list of what I am going to do for him from now on is getting shorter all the time. If I failed him while he was growing up, I am truly sorry and will never get over it, but if I'm that blind, contuining to do it won't solve the problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 547081, member: 3699"] That's ALL you can do, exhausted, and I'm starting to wonder if hitting that line as parents isn't the biggest turning point for the young adults, or those about to leave the teen years. Whether it's MI or nothing more than ODD/CD, they don't seem to even consider taking responsibility for any of it until the parent says (and sticks by) that they've already done all they can and they (the parent) has to let it go to someone else's hands. I've already told this new PO where we live now that E is too close to being18yo for me to cater to everything he and they want anymore and that approach cost me everything in the past and I'm not about to let it cost me this job I just started. They (E and/or PO) can do whatever they want to about it. I simply don't care. I'll do my part to support E as long as he does what he should and treats me with respect and will pay tuition and fees for college if he wants to go. He has to find a way to pay the rest of the costs. If he doesn't go to college, he'll have to find another place to live and means to support himself come June of next year. That's it. Period. My list of what I am going to do for him from now on is getting shorter all the time. If I failed him while he was growing up, I am truly sorry and will never get over it, but if I'm that blind, contuining to do it won't solve the problem. [/QUOTE]
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