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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 682386" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>We are remodeling a home in the good enough but not so great part of town. The idea is that my son live in part of it.</p><p></p><p>We got a good deal because homeless were entering and staying on the property. Defacing walls. Writing horrible stuff. Filthy. You get the drift.</p><p></p><p>My son has been off and on homeless for 4 years. So, the shoe is on the other foot now.</p><p></p><p>He says he never trespassed (except one time at a college where he tried to sleep outside.) He is so offended by how offensive they are. They stole M's tools right from where he was working. They are insolent and disrespectful. They keep coming back. (We have boarded everything up. Maybe it is secure now.)</p><p></p><p>I think it is really important that our children are able to see where they could go <em>but do not</em>. It is important for us to see it too.</p><p></p><p>That is why what your son did is so important. There are so many other (not good) choices he could have made and could still make. He does not.</p><p></p><p>What a good mom you are to be so proud. It hurts sometimes for them and for us the hard times they have. Thank you for affirming your son's good choices. It does you credit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 682386, member: 18958"] We are remodeling a home in the good enough but not so great part of town. The idea is that my son live in part of it. We got a good deal because homeless were entering and staying on the property. Defacing walls. Writing horrible stuff. Filthy. You get the drift. My son has been off and on homeless for 4 years. So, the shoe is on the other foot now. He says he never trespassed (except one time at a college where he tried to sleep outside.) He is so offended by how offensive they are. They stole M's tools right from where he was working. They are insolent and disrespectful. They keep coming back. (We have boarded everything up. Maybe it is secure now.) I think it is really important that our children are able to see where they could go [I]but do not[/I]. It is important for us to see it too. That is why what your son did is so important. There are so many other (not good) choices he could have made and could still make. He does not. What a good mom you are to be so proud. It hurts sometimes for them and for us the hard times they have. Thank you for affirming your son's good choices. It does you credit. [/QUOTE]
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