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My son is homeless and on heroin
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 651936" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Kim, I think YOU are right. I agree with YOU. My daughter who did drugs did it before there were cell phones and if she wanted to get in touch with me, trust me, she was savvy enough to find a way. If your son wants to contact you, he will find somebody with a cell phone and ask to borrow it or he will find a place with a phone and get in touch with you. There is absolutely nothing you can do for him if something happens to him on the streets anyway. As you found out, they can live with us and still be in as much danger as if they lived on the streets. So a phone really won't help their plight.</p><p></p><p>Our kids do learn to do without and I believe we should cut off the bank w hen they use drugs.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't believe they need cell phones. They are for our piece of mind, at some times, but not advantageous to the drug addict. And also, our drug abusing street kids tend to punish parents with the phone and if they are not in contact for a while, I can only imagine how scared I'd be, if this were my child. There are two sides tot his and you have to make your own decision. It is ok if a cell phone in the adult child's hands give you piece of mind, but don't think they aren't making plans with bad people too on that phone. And it is ok if you decide to make it harder to contact those bad people by not giving them a cell phone too. There are no right or wrong answers. In our journey, we need serenity any way we can find it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 651936, member: 1550"] Kim, I think YOU are right. I agree with YOU. My daughter who did drugs did it before there were cell phones and if she wanted to get in touch with me, trust me, she was savvy enough to find a way. If your son wants to contact you, he will find somebody with a cell phone and ask to borrow it or he will find a place with a phone and get in touch with you. There is absolutely nothing you can do for him if something happens to him on the streets anyway. As you found out, they can live with us and still be in as much danger as if they lived on the streets. So a phone really won't help their plight. Our kids do learn to do without and I believe we should cut off the bank w hen they use drugs. I don't believe they need cell phones. They are for our piece of mind, at some times, but not advantageous to the drug addict. And also, our drug abusing street kids tend to punish parents with the phone and if they are not in contact for a while, I can only imagine how scared I'd be, if this were my child. There are two sides tot his and you have to make your own decision. It is ok if a cell phone in the adult child's hands give you piece of mind, but don't think they aren't making plans with bad people too on that phone. And it is ok if you decide to make it harder to contact those bad people by not giving them a cell phone too. There are no right or wrong answers. In our journey, we need serenity any way we can find it. [/QUOTE]
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