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New here, with- 16 yr old difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 346200" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm not sure how helpful I can be but wanted to welcome you. I have a 15yo but so far, he has not developed a drug problem- although we 've had plenty enough of other types of problems. I, however, did have a drug issue as an older teen/young adult and it took treatment for the underlying problems I had (after getting off the drugs) in order tao change. That, of course, takes the willingness and desire to change one's self. So I'm not sure how much you can help your son until he cones to these conclusions himself. You can help him along that road, but depending on what resources are available in your area and how they handle juveniles with these types of problems will have a lot to do with how effective this will be.</p><p></p><p>Primarily, I'd recommend turning him in to authorities if he's becoming aggressive or stealing from you or doing anything to cause real fear in a younger sibling. Whether or not you want to turn him into authorities for drug usage/possession/dealing might warrant checking into what your local authorities do about it first. Some juvenile systems seem to blow it off and do nothing, some do nothing more than punish the kid, but some will put the teen on probation and order/provide treatment for it and monitor them to make sure they are staying away from the drugs, or they get detention. It might be worth making an anonymous call to your juvenile courts services to ask what they typically do.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest a private treatment program- either in patient or outpatient, but honestly, I can't see it doing a lot of good if he won't even acknowledge a problem and doesn't appear to want to stop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 346200, member: 3699"] I'm not sure how helpful I can be but wanted to welcome you. I have a 15yo but so far, he has not developed a drug problem- although we 've had plenty enough of other types of problems. I, however, did have a drug issue as an older teen/young adult and it took treatment for the underlying problems I had (after getting off the drugs) in order tao change. That, of course, takes the willingness and desire to change one's self. So I'm not sure how much you can help your son until he cones to these conclusions himself. You can help him along that road, but depending on what resources are available in your area and how they handle juveniles with these types of problems will have a lot to do with how effective this will be. Primarily, I'd recommend turning him in to authorities if he's becoming aggressive or stealing from you or doing anything to cause real fear in a younger sibling. Whether or not you want to turn him into authorities for drug usage/possession/dealing might warrant checking into what your local authorities do about it first. Some juvenile systems seem to blow it off and do nothing, some do nothing more than punish the kid, but some will put the teen on probation and order/provide treatment for it and monitor them to make sure they are staying away from the drugs, or they get detention. It might be worth making an anonymous call to your juvenile courts services to ask what they typically do. I would suggest a private treatment program- either in patient or outpatient, but honestly, I can't see it doing a lot of good if he won't even acknowledge a problem and doesn't appear to want to stop. [/QUOTE]
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