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<blockquote data-quote="Bunny" data-source="post: 648116" data-attributes="member: 15810"><p>He has always said he wanted to go away to college, mostly because he wanted to get away from us and our rules. Yes, I want him to live in the dorms because of his behavior towards us and his younger brother, but also because he needs to learn to do things on his own. Managing a schedule, doing his own laundry, living with other people. All skills he needs to figure out because the real world is beckoning, and he has to know how to live with other people.</p><p></p><p>It's only the two classes that he has had repeated issues with homework. None of his other teachers report problems with him turning it in. Just math and world history. He says he "forget" that he has it, and then forgets to turn it in late (his world history teacher allows them to make up missed assignments).</p><p></p><p>I know I should be more patient with him. If he wants to stay home and answer coming out of my mouth should be, "Of course you can live at home and go to college!" I just can't bring myself to tell him that. I'm just done. Therapists, psychiatrists, medications, hospitals, suicide attempts, violence. I can't take any more of it. His going away to college was always the light at the end of the tunnel for me and the rest of the family. Now that's being taken away, too. It's like will never be anything to look forward to because Difficult Child with always be three, clouding everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bunny, post: 648116, member: 15810"] He has always said he wanted to go away to college, mostly because he wanted to get away from us and our rules. Yes, I want him to live in the dorms because of his behavior towards us and his younger brother, but also because he needs to learn to do things on his own. Managing a schedule, doing his own laundry, living with other people. All skills he needs to figure out because the real world is beckoning, and he has to know how to live with other people. It's only the two classes that he has had repeated issues with homework. None of his other teachers report problems with him turning it in. Just math and world history. He says he "forget" that he has it, and then forgets to turn it in late (his world history teacher allows them to make up missed assignments). I know I should be more patient with him. If he wants to stay home and answer coming out of my mouth should be, "Of course you can live at home and go to college!" I just can't bring myself to tell him that. I'm just done. Therapists, psychiatrists, medications, hospitals, suicide attempts, violence. I can't take any more of it. His going away to college was always the light at the end of the tunnel for me and the rest of the family. Now that's being taken away, too. It's like will never be anything to look forward to because Difficult Child with always be three, clouding everything. [/QUOTE]
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