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Newbie - dad of 15 year old boy with ODD and ADD
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<blockquote data-quote="mrsammler" data-source="post: 447520"><p>I'm also glad to hear of his progress. My advice, as I've seen a difficult child nephew be sent (via wee-hours intervention, and all the drama you describe) to a therapeutic boarding school, seem to improve, and then come home to the same peer group and descend almost immediately back into the abyss, where he still resides (albeit very comfortably at enabling Mom's expense) almost 3 years later, is to send him to some sort of boarding school rather than letting him return to his home town. It's the only way to keep him away from his rotten peers and thus have a chance at lasting & meaningful redemption. I'm fairly conversant with the private school scene in Dallas and Houston, and know some friends on faculty at those schools who can advise me/you as well, so feel free to email me off-forum.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child nephew said it best, in describing to me his experience at the therapeutic boarding school out west: "I eventually learned to fake being good long enough to be sent home, and the exercise and confidence-building stuff was fun and felt good, but the whole time I couldn't wait to party with my friends again." Your only real shot is to prevent him from ever reconnecting with his druggy/loser friends back home. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrsammler, post: 447520"] I'm also glad to hear of his progress. My advice, as I've seen a difficult child nephew be sent (via wee-hours intervention, and all the drama you describe) to a therapeutic boarding school, seem to improve, and then come home to the same peer group and descend almost immediately back into the abyss, where he still resides (albeit very comfortably at enabling Mom's expense) almost 3 years later, is to send him to some sort of boarding school rather than letting him return to his home town. It's the only way to keep him away from his rotten peers and thus have a chance at lasting & meaningful redemption. I'm fairly conversant with the private school scene in Dallas and Houston, and know some friends on faculty at those schools who can advise me/you as well, so feel free to email me off-forum. My difficult child nephew said it best, in describing to me his experience at the therapeutic boarding school out west: "I eventually learned to fake being good long enough to be sent home, and the exercise and confidence-building stuff was fun and felt good, but the whole time I couldn't wait to party with my friends again." Your only real shot is to prevent him from ever reconnecting with his druggy/loser friends back home. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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