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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 66138" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>I think "cautiously optimistic" with the accent on the cautiously part is what is called for here.</p><p></p><p>My older difficult child "found God" while he was in a group home. He did much better for awhile but did backslide some when he came home. I don't think it was a conscious effort at misleading people on his part. I think he really did believe what he said while he was there but when he got back and found old friends and began to fall back into old ways, that just didn't seem so important any more.</p><p></p><p>I know that God can change our lives. I also know that a lot of people who are in desperate circumstances fall back on God but then forget him/her/it when the circumstances are no longer so desperate.</p><p></p><p>I hope this is a real awakening for your son. You are right in not trusting it completely but, as mothers, we hope for anything that will help our kids so we have to, cautiously, grasp at whatever straw comes along. At this point, it seems that it should be up to him to prove himself. You can be supportive without caving in on what you've said in the past. As time goes by, you will begin to see the REAL motiviation here. Let's hope it is a good one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 66138, member: 135"] I think "cautiously optimistic" with the accent on the cautiously part is what is called for here. My older difficult child "found God" while he was in a group home. He did much better for awhile but did backslide some when he came home. I don't think it was a conscious effort at misleading people on his part. I think he really did believe what he said while he was there but when he got back and found old friends and began to fall back into old ways, that just didn't seem so important any more. I know that God can change our lives. I also know that a lot of people who are in desperate circumstances fall back on God but then forget him/her/it when the circumstances are no longer so desperate. I hope this is a real awakening for your son. You are right in not trusting it completely but, as mothers, we hope for anything that will help our kids so we have to, cautiously, grasp at whatever straw comes along. At this point, it seems that it should be up to him to prove himself. You can be supportive without caving in on what you've said in the past. As time goes by, you will begin to see the REAL motiviation here. Let's hope it is a good one. [/QUOTE]
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