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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 219651" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Amen to that! You'll only add to his problems by uprooting him from a known environment. Plus, he'll find all kinds of troubled kids in a bigger new town to hang out with and you won't have a clue as to who they are and how to reach them.</p><p></p><p>About his facebook page. What computer is he using to access it? At age 15 he should not have free rein over a computer of his own if he is acting out. Computers are a window to the world, and our kid's roadmaps are pretty limited to "anything my mom doesn't want me to do" at that age. If you have already given him a computer, take it and at the very least put spyware on there so you will know what he is doing every second of the day on that thing. There should be no Facebooks or MySpace or e-mail accounts that you don't have the password to. Would you let him go hang out at a bar? No. Would you let him go spend the evening with prostitutes? No. Would you let him sleepover in a crack house? No. You need to get a handle on the computer - like yesterday. You'll get a big fight out of it, but if it were me, and he wanted to fight it, I'd stomp it into the ground and he would never have it again. His choice, either you monitor it, or he gives it up. It's <em>that</em> important.</p><p></p><p>If he's using your computer, get the spyware on that, and limit access to everything that doesn't have anything to do with schoolwork. Your son is not earning the privilege of free access to the internet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 219651, member: 99"] Amen to that! You'll only add to his problems by uprooting him from a known environment. Plus, he'll find all kinds of troubled kids in a bigger new town to hang out with and you won't have a clue as to who they are and how to reach them. About his facebook page. What computer is he using to access it? At age 15 he should not have free rein over a computer of his own if he is acting out. Computers are a window to the world, and our kid's roadmaps are pretty limited to "anything my mom doesn't want me to do" at that age. If you have already given him a computer, take it and at the very least put spyware on there so you will know what he is doing every second of the day on that thing. There should be no Facebooks or MySpace or e-mail accounts that you don't have the password to. Would you let him go hang out at a bar? No. Would you let him go spend the evening with prostitutes? No. Would you let him sleepover in a crack house? No. You need to get a handle on the computer - like yesterday. You'll get a big fight out of it, but if it were me, and he wanted to fight it, I'd stomp it into the ground and he would never have it again. His choice, either you monitor it, or he gives it up. It's [i]that[/i] important. If he's using your computer, get the spyware on that, and limit access to everything that doesn't have anything to do with schoolwork. Your son is not earning the privilege of free access to the internet. [/QUOTE]
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