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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 272514" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks everyone! I called my mother last night and told her. That was hard. She said supportive things, like she usually does. Now, I'll just have to wait and see if she turns around and stirs up carp. I tried to explain to her- again- that doing that really did not help difficult child any at all.</p><p></p><p>DDD- difficult child told me that the boys had a folder they had to carry around to keep their point chart and any letters in. He said he had more letters than anyone and I asked who else was writing him. He said no one but me and that he was proud to know that he had the most letters of anyone. (I've written him 1-2 times a week- mostly that was because we couldn't talk or visit for 5 weeks.)</p><p></p><p>The parole office had told me that the group homes have almost a year waiting list because many of these boys have no one or no place to go when they are released. Do most families just pretend that the kid died when they get committed? I understand the feeling- I've been dealing with it too, but I can't imagine abandoning difficult child. I want him to go to a group home as a transitional place, not because I don't want anything else to do with him.</p><p></p><p>Yeah- the boys who had graduated were in the same room eating a snack while those with visitors got to visit. They were hurt and I felt for them. I guess in many cases, if they are raised by someone who really doesn't caare much about them, it's understandable that they become angry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 272514, member: 3699"] Thanks everyone! I called my mother last night and told her. That was hard. She said supportive things, like she usually does. Now, I'll just have to wait and see if she turns around and stirs up carp. I tried to explain to her- again- that doing that really did not help difficult child any at all. DDD- difficult child told me that the boys had a folder they had to carry around to keep their point chart and any letters in. He said he had more letters than anyone and I asked who else was writing him. He said no one but me and that he was proud to know that he had the most letters of anyone. (I've written him 1-2 times a week- mostly that was because we couldn't talk or visit for 5 weeks.) The parole office had told me that the group homes have almost a year waiting list because many of these boys have no one or no place to go when they are released. Do most families just pretend that the kid died when they get committed? I understand the feeling- I've been dealing with it too, but I can't imagine abandoning difficult child. I want him to go to a group home as a transitional place, not because I don't want anything else to do with him. Yeah- the boys who had graduated were in the same room eating a snack while those with visitors got to visit. They were hurt and I felt for them. I guess in many cases, if they are raised by someone who really doesn't caare much about them, it's understandable that they become angry. [/QUOTE]
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