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<blockquote data-quote="ck1" data-source="post: 113341" data-attributes="member: 3767"><p>Also sending huge hugs!!! Kinda been there done that with mine, but not quite this extreme. My question is, if you've gone back to work full-time then you're not homeschooling your son. Therefore, he should be enrolled in a school, right? Is he attending? If not, are there truancy guidelines? Oh wait, now I remember, he's attending GED classes next week, or so he says. But what about the first half of the year? What if he doesn't really start?</p><p></p><p>If there are no truancy issues, maybe you could still call your local police department or sheriff's department and ask for assistance. He's verbally abusing you and not doing anything that you ask. I know there's no reason to arrest him and you probably don't want to take the chance of pushing him to that point, but maybe someone would come over just to talk with him and tell him that the road he's travelling is NOT in his best interest. Maybe that would scare him, at least a little?</p><p></p><p>I agree with everyone else, if he won't listen to you, then take away as many luxuries as possible. Make the alternative worse. He can do what you ask, sleep in his bedroom and keep some privileges, or stay in the living room with nothing. Why should he get to do what he wants if he's not doing his part? </p><p></p><p>If he starts to fight you, you must call the police. As said before, by BBK I think, you'll lose all credibility if you don't. This part I really have done and it's hard but we're not having the daily arguments at all, not even weekly. My difficult child had a huge wakeup call. Good luck!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ck1, post: 113341, member: 3767"] Also sending huge hugs!!! Kinda been there done that with mine, but not quite this extreme. My question is, if you've gone back to work full-time then you're not homeschooling your son. Therefore, he should be enrolled in a school, right? Is he attending? If not, are there truancy guidelines? Oh wait, now I remember, he's attending GED classes next week, or so he says. But what about the first half of the year? What if he doesn't really start? If there are no truancy issues, maybe you could still call your local police department or sheriff's department and ask for assistance. He's verbally abusing you and not doing anything that you ask. I know there's no reason to arrest him and you probably don't want to take the chance of pushing him to that point, but maybe someone would come over just to talk with him and tell him that the road he's travelling is NOT in his best interest. Maybe that would scare him, at least a little? I agree with everyone else, if he won't listen to you, then take away as many luxuries as possible. Make the alternative worse. He can do what you ask, sleep in his bedroom and keep some privileges, or stay in the living room with nothing. Why should he get to do what he wants if he's not doing his part? If he starts to fight you, you must call the police. As said before, by BBK I think, you'll lose all credibility if you don't. This part I really have done and it's hard but we're not having the daily arguments at all, not even weekly. My difficult child had a huge wakeup call. Good luck!! [/QUOTE]
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