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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 716849" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>Welcome Coral. It is very good that you are setting limits with your son. It is not your fault he is out of control. You have done everything a parent can do. Some kids are just this way. As you said his older siblings are okay. </p><p></p><p>I have a 17 year old stepson who has done many of the same things as your child. He lives with his father who is his doormat, and he never has experienced any consequences, or received the right kind of help. Others live in fear of his rages and mood swings. He is also very smart, yet would not do his work and ended up leaving his regular high school (he was facing becoming a "super senior" since he failed so many classes) to attend school online. He has a partt time dishwashing job and figures he has it made. He was supposed to graduate this year; he will not. Our hope is he graduates by the time he is 19 if he sticks with the online school. His father has no control over him and does not check on his progress. Also like your son, he had improved with medication to manage his depression and social anxiety but refuses to take it or participate in therapy. He self-medicates with alcohol and pot and possibly other things too. We told his father after we found evidence, and his father not only did not believe us, he also warned my stepson that he was being monitored. We now have no way to keep an eye on him.</p><p></p><p>Keep posting, this is a great community.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 716849, member: 13303"] Welcome Coral. It is very good that you are setting limits with your son. It is not your fault he is out of control. You have done everything a parent can do. Some kids are just this way. As you said his older siblings are okay. I have a 17 year old stepson who has done many of the same things as your child. He lives with his father who is his doormat, and he never has experienced any consequences, or received the right kind of help. Others live in fear of his rages and mood swings. He is also very smart, yet would not do his work and ended up leaving his regular high school (he was facing becoming a "super senior" since he failed so many classes) to attend school online. He has a partt time dishwashing job and figures he has it made. He was supposed to graduate this year; he will not. Our hope is he graduates by the time he is 19 if he sticks with the online school. His father has no control over him and does not check on his progress. Also like your son, he had improved with medication to manage his depression and social anxiety but refuses to take it or participate in therapy. He self-medicates with alcohol and pot and possibly other things too. We told his father after we found evidence, and his father not only did not believe us, he also warned my stepson that he was being monitored. We now have no way to keep an eye on him. Keep posting, this is a great community. [/QUOTE]
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