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Newbie...desperate mom with 20 yo addict...court tomorrow
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 578905" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Nope. We threw her bags in the streets. On her own, she called her brother from a friend's home and made the decision that she didn't want street life and begged him to let her live with him. If she hadn't been thrown out, this never would have happened. She was fortunate that she had a place to go and chose to go there, but that was ONLY after she knew she couldn't live here. Not all kids have an option to do something like she did (and it wasn't easy for her to talk Brother into getting her and letting her live with him under strict guidelines), but many difficult children chose to pass over these opportunities even if they have them. Her good choices started as soon as she knew she no longer had Mommy to take care of her. I think it shocked some sense into her. She didn't particularly like this brother...lol. We had no idea she'd do this, but, yes, you're right. It turned out she had a place to stay. But if she hadn't, she'd have still been thrown out. There's only so much you can take even from your own child!</p><p>Although my daughter did end up with a place to go I want to make it very clear that had we not told her she was out, with no more chances, and had she not believed it, she never would picked that moment to start to change. Her own words. And, at the time we sent her packing, we didn't know what she was going to do or where she was planning to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 578905, member: 1550"] Nope. We threw her bags in the streets. On her own, she called her brother from a friend's home and made the decision that she didn't want street life and begged him to let her live with him. If she hadn't been thrown out, this never would have happened. She was fortunate that she had a place to go and chose to go there, but that was ONLY after she knew she couldn't live here. Not all kids have an option to do something like she did (and it wasn't easy for her to talk Brother into getting her and letting her live with him under strict guidelines), but many difficult children chose to pass over these opportunities even if they have them. Her good choices started as soon as she knew she no longer had Mommy to take care of her. I think it shocked some sense into her. She didn't particularly like this brother...lol. We had no idea she'd do this, but, yes, you're right. It turned out she had a place to stay. But if she hadn't, she'd have still been thrown out. There's only so much you can take even from your own child! Although my daughter did end up with a place to go I want to make it very clear that had we not told her she was out, with no more chances, and had she not believed it, she never would picked that moment to start to change. Her own words. And, at the time we sent her packing, we didn't know what she was going to do or where she was planning to go. [/QUOTE]
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