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Son Almost 18, home from residential treatment. Need Advice
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<blockquote data-quote="4Tall" data-source="post: 707925" data-attributes="member: 18917"><p>Thank you all for your suggestions. I will clarify: my son goes to a Non-Public School for kids with emotional disability, which doesn't have an afterschool program. He already has a contract that he is breaking in different ways a couple of times a week. Usually curfew related, but also girlfriend in house last weekend while I was away at work (I work for 48 hours at a time). He does have a Probation Officer who tests him for drug use, but can't/won't help with curfew or home related rules, even though one of his probation requirements is to obey parents. </p><p></p><p>I do have a couple of wonderful support groups, teen, adoption, & mental health related. </p><p></p><p>Of course it seems to be mostly when I am at work that he comes home late -- I do have a camera system so I know. And about the only thing he cares about is his phone, so maybe that's where I need to tweak the consequences towards restricting that. Even though I try to have the consequences related to the problem. </p><p></p><p>And I just hate putting up with the lack of trust that he is causing. I want to know that he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. Especially since he is about to turn 18 and keeps demanding to be treated like an adult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4Tall, post: 707925, member: 18917"] Thank you all for your suggestions. I will clarify: my son goes to a Non-Public School for kids with emotional disability, which doesn't have an afterschool program. He already has a contract that he is breaking in different ways a couple of times a week. Usually curfew related, but also girlfriend in house last weekend while I was away at work (I work for 48 hours at a time). He does have a Probation Officer who tests him for drug use, but can't/won't help with curfew or home related rules, even though one of his probation requirements is to obey parents. I do have a couple of wonderful support groups, teen, adoption, & mental health related. Of course it seems to be mostly when I am at work that he comes home late -- I do have a camera system so I know. And about the only thing he cares about is his phone, so maybe that's where I need to tweak the consequences towards restricting that. Even though I try to have the consequences related to the problem. And I just hate putting up with the lack of trust that he is causing. I want to know that he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. Especially since he is about to turn 18 and keeps demanding to be treated like an adult. [/QUOTE]
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