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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 376546" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p><strong>If they let you make a statement, </strong></p><p>"Your honor, difficult child continues to engage in illegal and unsafe behavior despite being on probation. As you can see from her records from XYZ Drug Rehab Center, she continues to test positive for drugs. She refuses to listen to reasonable instructions from us. She has allowed at least one felon into our home and assisted him in stealing our belongings. She threatens violence against us including her younger brother. She has waited for him outside the home in order to get him alone to force him to allow her into the home. We do not want to see her continue on this path of illegal, destructive behavior. We have tried counseling, a variety of parenting techniques, and the court has tried community service and probation. These methods have not reached her. I have arranged with ABC Treatment Facility for an inpatient admission screening and they have indicated to me that based on her current behaviors, they expect to admit her for drug rehab treatment and psychiatric treatment. They are expecting us today if she is not remanded to the custody of Department of Juvenile Justice. I ask you to find her delinquent on the shoplifting charge and suspend sentencing until she completes the treatment program. If, for any reason, the treatment facility does not accept her or she runs, we will inform the court immediately so that different sanctions can be imposed."</p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>If they ask about her not being allowed home...</strong></p><p>"Your honor, I also have a 12 year old son. I believe that I have an obligation to provide both of my children with a safe environment. Due to difficult child's increasing violence in our home, that has become impossible for us to do under one roof. I have arranged for difficult child to live with her grandmother in Such-n-such town. Her grandmother has no minor children in the home and has the added benefit of removing her from her social current group."</p><p></p><p>As far as her cell phone goes, I would activate all of the safety measures available from your provider. Most offer:</p><p></p><p>1. limited calling circle (ie. if you don't 'approve' the number, she can't call them)</p><p>2. prohibit sending or receiving picture and video texts (stop visual sexting)</p><p>3. send a copy of all texts that she sends or receives to either your phone or your computer</p><p>4. tracker (let's you know where her phone is (which is generally where she is) at all times; you can set your phone to have an alarm go off is she gets within a certain distance pf your house</p><p>5. limit the hours that her phone works (except 911, that will always be available)</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 376546, member: 1169"] [B]If they let you make a statement, [/B] "Your honor, difficult child continues to engage in illegal and unsafe behavior despite being on probation. As you can see from her records from XYZ Drug Rehab Center, she continues to test positive for drugs. She refuses to listen to reasonable instructions from us. She has allowed at least one felon into our home and assisted him in stealing our belongings. She threatens violence against us including her younger brother. She has waited for him outside the home in order to get him alone to force him to allow her into the home. We do not want to see her continue on this path of illegal, destructive behavior. We have tried counseling, a variety of parenting techniques, and the court has tried community service and probation. These methods have not reached her. I have arranged with ABC Treatment Facility for an inpatient admission screening and they have indicated to me that based on her current behaviors, they expect to admit her for drug rehab treatment and psychiatric treatment. They are expecting us today if she is not remanded to the custody of Department of Juvenile Justice. I ask you to find her delinquent on the shoplifting charge and suspend sentencing until she completes the treatment program. If, for any reason, the treatment facility does not accept her or she runs, we will inform the court immediately so that different sanctions can be imposed." [B] If they ask about her not being allowed home...[/B] "Your honor, I also have a 12 year old son. I believe that I have an obligation to provide both of my children with a safe environment. Due to difficult child's increasing violence in our home, that has become impossible for us to do under one roof. I have arranged for difficult child to live with her grandmother in Such-n-such town. Her grandmother has no minor children in the home and has the added benefit of removing her from her social current group." As far as her cell phone goes, I would activate all of the safety measures available from your provider. Most offer: 1. limited calling circle (ie. if you don't 'approve' the number, she can't call them) 2. prohibit sending or receiving picture and video texts (stop visual sexting) 3. send a copy of all texts that she sends or receives to either your phone or your computer 4. tracker (let's you know where her phone is (which is generally where she is) at all times; you can set your phone to have an alarm go off is she gets within a certain distance pf your house 5. limit the hours that her phone works (except 911, that will always be available) Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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