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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 485991" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Do you know that difficult child has said he'd rather stay in Department of Juvenile Justice than go thru PO requirements? This is the sort of koi this state level needs to be aware of. The whole point is to get the kid off the state costs and 'rehabilitate' them. Yes, I can probably suceed at getting a GAL assigned. The problem with that is that in this state, they are 98% young, newly licensed attnys who believe anything a PO tells them. But at this point, what's to lose? I'm going to take a few days off around Christmas- I most definitely will keep my commitment to myself to write a letter to this state legislation. It took 3 years before their publisized reports from their own committees said just what parents here and in the general public have been saying all along. Finally, they realize they can't financially afford to keep warehousing these kids and no good is coming from it- families are busting up, kids are becoming adults living off taxpayers dollars because they can't do anything else, etc. But- on the local level- they are just claiming they need more money, they get more funding approved, and they do the same koi that keeps the hamster wheel going. It's stupid. </p><p></p><p>My letter might not help my son, this state moves at a snail's pace. But at some point, someine is going to actually HEAR what the problems are. </p><p></p><p>In the meantime, my son needs to man up and stand up for whatever it is he really wants out of his life. I'm his Mom and always will be and will support any constructive (or even legal) position he takes but I'll still advocate for what I think is in his best interest whether it's the same as his idea or not, given that he's getting ready to turn 17 and has been incarcerated since turning 14, for all intents and purposes. I'm telling him in a letter I just wrote that it would be a lot easier if he wasn't still resenting the fact that I was placing 'so many requirements' on him at home. He better wise up- but ****- if the issue is just that he can't respect MY rules, then he still doesn't need to be in a dump until he's 18, out of school and on his own, assuming he can function in the real world and not break the law.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 485991, member: 3699"] Do you know that difficult child has said he'd rather stay in Department of Juvenile Justice than go thru PO requirements? This is the sort of koi this state level needs to be aware of. The whole point is to get the kid off the state costs and 'rehabilitate' them. Yes, I can probably suceed at getting a GAL assigned. The problem with that is that in this state, they are 98% young, newly licensed attnys who believe anything a PO tells them. But at this point, what's to lose? I'm going to take a few days off around Christmas- I most definitely will keep my commitment to myself to write a letter to this state legislation. It took 3 years before their publisized reports from their own committees said just what parents here and in the general public have been saying all along. Finally, they realize they can't financially afford to keep warehousing these kids and no good is coming from it- families are busting up, kids are becoming adults living off taxpayers dollars because they can't do anything else, etc. But- on the local level- they are just claiming they need more money, they get more funding approved, and they do the same koi that keeps the hamster wheel going. It's stupid. My letter might not help my son, this state moves at a snail's pace. But at some point, someine is going to actually HEAR what the problems are. In the meantime, my son needs to man up and stand up for whatever it is he really wants out of his life. I'm his Mom and always will be and will support any constructive (or even legal) position he takes but I'll still advocate for what I think is in his best interest whether it's the same as his idea or not, given that he's getting ready to turn 17 and has been incarcerated since turning 14, for all intents and purposes. I'm telling him in a letter I just wrote that it would be a lot easier if he wasn't still resenting the fact that I was placing 'so many requirements' on him at home. He better wise up- but ****- if the issue is just that he can't respect MY rules, then he still doesn't need to be in a dump until he's 18, out of school and on his own, assuming he can function in the real world and not break the law. [/QUOTE]
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