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second-guessing our decision to bring our son home from Residential Treatment Center (RTC)
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<blockquote data-quote="tracyf551" data-source="post: 245364" data-attributes="member: 4764"><p>I tried to do it myself for a long time. It didn't work. difficult child was sent to 2 placements. Did well at both while he was there. Beg and pleded to come home, "talk to someone, call this person and that person" I went to see him every 2 weeks at both placements, took the phone calls, wrote letters to him, etc. The 1st place was for 6 months the second was for 9 1/2 months. </p><p>Did I ever want to bring him home because I felt guilty??? Heck yes!!!!!!!!!</p><p>Everytime I talked to him. Did I do it? NO!!! We all missed him, we all cried, but we knew we had done everything we could.</p><p>Now difficult child is almost 19 and worse than ever. Drugs, drinking, current warrant for his arrest, steals anything not nailed down,etc. Did we do the right thing or the wrong thing with placements? I don't know. When he was away he loved us, he missed us, and he was sorry for everything. When he got home it was all different. he was good for about 2 months after returning home but soon went back his old ways.</p><p>I doubt I answered your question but this was my experience.</p><p>Good luck and keep us posted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tracyf551, post: 245364, member: 4764"] I tried to do it myself for a long time. It didn't work. difficult child was sent to 2 placements. Did well at both while he was there. Beg and pleded to come home, "talk to someone, call this person and that person" I went to see him every 2 weeks at both placements, took the phone calls, wrote letters to him, etc. The 1st place was for 6 months the second was for 9 1/2 months. Did I ever want to bring him home because I felt guilty??? Heck yes!!!!!!!!! Everytime I talked to him. Did I do it? NO!!! We all missed him, we all cried, but we knew we had done everything we could. Now difficult child is almost 19 and worse than ever. Drugs, drinking, current warrant for his arrest, steals anything not nailed down,etc. Did we do the right thing or the wrong thing with placements? I don't know. When he was away he loved us, he missed us, and he was sorry for everything. When he got home it was all different. he was good for about 2 months after returning home but soon went back his old ways. I doubt I answered your question but this was my experience. Good luck and keep us posted. [/QUOTE]
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