My difficult child, N* has been home (Juv Det-3 weeks, then Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)-90 days) for four weeks. I heard all about God and going to church while she was away from home. No such interest once at home. I heard about how she wanted to work on our relationship while away from home. She lies to me as much now as she did before. She's not any better at it, but thinks she is. What she did learn while away? -- the names, phone numbers, Myspace, Facebook, IM addresses of all sorts of new troublemakers.
I hope for your sake he's seeing the error of his ways, but don't count on it until you see changes he makes because he wants to, not because he has to.
N* will be 18 in 10 months. I look for her to leave, move in with a boyfriend, and become a very young mother. *sigh*
