<span style='font-family: Comic Sans MS'>Janet, don't think that just because of Cory's present situation that YOU have failed to help him. He knows you love him, he must realize that HIS choices got him where he is. We tried therapists, special schools, and all sorts of programs....until our son went thru all his choices and had to live with them for a while the consequenses never sunk in. He nows sees his friends, peers, who have graduated from college and are starting their lives on a positive note. He has jail time and felonies where a college education could have been. I think its finally sinking in, still not sure what path our son will take, but he is "on his own." We see him about once a week and buy lunch or dinner, but other than that he makes his own way. Our home is no longer filled with his chaos, he knows we love him, but we won't trust him for a long time and he is aware that if he steals from us we will call the authorities. This is not the life I had pictured for my son, but I had little say or effect on his choices. Maturity does help some, and time eases the guilt(which is natural to feel, but not necessarily justified). If you could live his life for him YOU would not have made these choices.....
Wishing you a little peace in your life....</span>
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