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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 620942" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>I also always let my difficult child have a cell phone because sometimes the only link I had to knowing if he was dead or alive was his phone records.... however I think shutting her phone off is a good move on your part. </p><p></p><p>One of the things I thought about when we kicked my son out of the house a t8... is what is he learning if we let him stay.... that he can flagrantly violate all rules and do whatever he wants? That was what he was doing when he was living here... and making the rest of us feel like home was a place we did not want to be!! But reality says that society does not let you do whatever you want and break all the rules. My son has had to learn that the very hardest way with several arrests and some time in jail (which was better for me than when he was on the streets). But in the end that time in jail and the courts have gotten him into a good long term treatment place which is what he needs.</p><p></p><p>I think if I had let him stay at home he would probably have died from an overdose at some point....if they are using you cannot protect them even if they are home.... and in fact if you allow them to use in the comfort of your home their using will only escalate and get worse. That does not help them.</p><p></p><p>You are definitely doing the right thing.</p><p></p><p>TL</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent using ConductDisorders mobile app</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 620942, member: 15801"] I also always let my difficult child have a cell phone because sometimes the only link I had to knowing if he was dead or alive was his phone records.... however I think shutting her phone off is a good move on your part. One of the things I thought about when we kicked my son out of the house a t8... is what is he learning if we let him stay.... that he can flagrantly violate all rules and do whatever he wants? That was what he was doing when he was living here... and making the rest of us feel like home was a place we did not want to be!! But reality says that society does not let you do whatever you want and break all the rules. My son has had to learn that the very hardest way with several arrests and some time in jail (which was better for me than when he was on the streets). But in the end that time in jail and the courts have gotten him into a good long term treatment place which is what he needs. I think if I had let him stay at home he would probably have died from an overdose at some point....if they are using you cannot protect them even if they are home.... and in fact if you allow them to use in the comfort of your home their using will only escalate and get worse. That does not help them. You are definitely doing the right thing. TL Sent using ConductDisorders mobile app [/QUOTE]
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