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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 344500" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Hi Dazed, welcome.</p><p> </p><p>My son went to a wilderness program in Georgia last summer and has been in a residential treatment program in Utah since the end of August. It was the most painful decision my husband and I have ever made as parents, but we have never second-guessed our decision. My son is making steady progress, and we hope he will be home sometime this summer.</p><p> </p><p>It was my husband who struggled far more with the decision than I so I don't think it has to do with one gender processing this better than another. I just knew we had no other options here in our community, and sending our son away from home was his best chance at becoming a mature and responsible adult.</p><p> </p><p>Our son was very angry with us in the beginning, and his first letter home told us of all the horrors he had to endure in the wilderness. I suspect he thought we would come to rescue him if we knew how much he was being "abused." Obviously, it didn't work, and then he didn't write to us for three weeks. Gradually, the anger wore off as the therapeutic process kicked in. When we saw him at week 8, he was very loving and appreciative that we had sent him to wilderness. He continues to be very loving toward us to this day.</p><p> </p><p>The only book I read before my son went into a therapeutic program was <em>What Now?</em> by Paul Case. Is that the kind of book you're wanting recommendations for?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 344500, member: 2423"] Hi Dazed, welcome. My son went to a wilderness program in Georgia last summer and has been in a residential treatment program in Utah since the end of August. It was the most painful decision my husband and I have ever made as parents, but we have never second-guessed our decision. My son is making steady progress, and we hope he will be home sometime this summer. It was my husband who struggled far more with the decision than I so I don't think it has to do with one gender processing this better than another. I just knew we had no other options here in our community, and sending our son away from home was his best chance at becoming a mature and responsible adult. Our son was very angry with us in the beginning, and his first letter home told us of all the horrors he had to endure in the wilderness. I suspect he thought we would come to rescue him if we knew how much he was being "abused." Obviously, it didn't work, and then he didn't write to us for three weeks. Gradually, the anger wore off as the therapeutic process kicked in. When we saw him at week 8, he was very loving and appreciative that we had sent him to wilderness. He continues to be very loving toward us to this day. The only book I read before my son went into a therapeutic program was [I]What Now?[/I] by Paul Case. Is that the kind of book you're wanting recommendations for? [/QUOTE]
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