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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 636393" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there. I'm really sorry you are going through these hard times. When is your son going to turn eighteen? My daughter knew a boy who was not a bad kid, but his parents were very controlling and abusive so he took off the day he turned eighteen. The cops wouldn't do anything...said he was an adult.</p><p></p><p>I am really not that sure there is anything you can or should do...you have so little time and he is going to do what he wants to do and you will not be able to control his choices nor can you control is father. I don't think a rehab will take him unless he consents. I am not sure about that, but unless he is in legal trouble and the court is giving him a choice between jail and rehab, he may not go. I'm not SURE about that, but I do think it's true. At any rate, there is only one person within your control...YOURSELF. You can control your reaction to all this chaos, but you can't change it.</p><p></p><p>Do you see a therapist yourself? Do you take care of yourself at all? Do you have younger kids at home who maybe should not live with him? Is he ever dangerous and maybe SHOULD live away from your home, even if Dad is a bad influence? Clearly he is going to include his dad in his life anyway...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 636393, member: 1550"] Hi there. I'm really sorry you are going through these hard times. When is your son going to turn eighteen? My daughter knew a boy who was not a bad kid, but his parents were very controlling and abusive so he took off the day he turned eighteen. The cops wouldn't do anything...said he was an adult. I am really not that sure there is anything you can or should do...you have so little time and he is going to do what he wants to do and you will not be able to control his choices nor can you control is father. I don't think a rehab will take him unless he consents. I am not sure about that, but unless he is in legal trouble and the court is giving him a choice between jail and rehab, he may not go. I'm not SURE about that, but I do think it's true. At any rate, there is only one person within your control...YOURSELF. You can control your reaction to all this chaos, but you can't change it. Do you see a therapist yourself? Do you take care of yourself at all? Do you have younger kids at home who maybe should not live with him? Is he ever dangerous and maybe SHOULD live away from your home, even if Dad is a bad influence? Clearly he is going to include his dad in his life anyway... [/QUOTE]
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