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<blockquote data-quote="eandk02" data-source="post: 82742" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>Thank you all for your support and suggestions. With all the trouble my son has been in with the law, he has never spent any time in a juvenile detention center. When he was picked up for joyriding in the stolen car, we specifically asked the police if they could take him downtown and they replied that they couldn't. That night I took everything out of his room except for his bed and clothes. Eventually after 5 months he was allowed to have it back after he showed us that he acting responsible and making a true effort to change his behavior. When we called him in as a runaway last week, the police told us that we cannot request that he be sent to the detention center. If he continues to get in trouble with the law, we will be referred to Child Family Services where a social worker will be assigned to us again and thats when he will probable end up in detention. I honestly dont think that being in detention would scare him, only make him mad and rebel even more. We dont just want to send him away as punishment. We want him to get the help he needs to live a productive not a destructive life. If we dont address his problems now, they will return in the future no matter where he is placed.</p><p></p><p>If we arent stressed enough about what to do with him, we wonder how we are going to pay for a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) if thats where he needs to go. We have already paid out a good amount to the county for the social worker, for drug counseling, etc. We are making him pay for his court fines and he will be reimbursing us for the county costs. Hopefully his counseling session tomorrow will provide us with some good options. Its so exhausting living in a state of tension all the time, wondering when the next phone call will come in stating that hes in trouble again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eandk02, post: 82742, member: 4086"] Thank you all for your support and suggestions. With all the trouble my son has been in with the law, he has never spent any time in a juvenile detention center. When he was picked up for joyriding in the stolen car, we specifically asked the police if they could take him downtown and they replied that they couldn't. That night I took everything out of his room except for his bed and clothes. Eventually after 5 months he was allowed to have it back after he showed us that he acting responsible and making a true effort to change his behavior. When we called him in as a runaway last week, the police told us that we cannot request that he be sent to the detention center. If he continues to get in trouble with the law, we will be referred to Child Family Services where a social worker will be assigned to us again and thats when he will probable end up in detention. I honestly dont think that being in detention would scare him, only make him mad and rebel even more. We dont just want to send him away as punishment. We want him to get the help he needs to live a productive not a destructive life. If we dont address his problems now, they will return in the future no matter where he is placed. If we arent stressed enough about what to do with him, we wonder how we are going to pay for a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) if thats where he needs to go. We have already paid out a good amount to the county for the social worker, for drug counseling, etc. We are making him pay for his court fines and he will be reimbursing us for the county costs. Hopefully his counseling session tomorrow will provide us with some good options. Its so exhausting living in a state of tension all the time, wondering when the next phone call will come in stating that hes in trouble again. [/QUOTE]
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