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Teen ran away (again) ... should I call police?
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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 286912" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p>[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Kudos to you for trying to give your stepdaughter a fresh new start. Unfortunately, with drugs in the picture the challenges multiply (as I learned). Getting her off drugs is essential to achieving anything more. Once off drugs, educating her about positive actions/activities without drugs, and providing incentives for following them, are important, as is minimizing any temptations. In particular, her old friends should be as much out of the picture as possible.[/FONT]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]She has to <em><strong>want</strong></em> to be off drugs to stay off, and that is part of the drug education objectives. I really believe that to get her off, she should be away from home and her neighborhood and community temptations ideally in a good program -- for a minimum of 60 days. That won't achieve the education goals and build her personal commitment to a self-sustaining level (even given the home supports that will be needed), but will at least clean her system and allow a start on the rest. The options for achieving that depend on your financial resources and on the services available in your state and community.[/FONT]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]You are right to be concerned about your younger children, who clearly suffer from all this. I'd not advise telling the kids you would call unless you will surely follow-through. And, I'd check first to see what a call would accomplish. I doubt that you'd get more than could be achieved now through local youth services agencies. So my suggestion is to start with those agencies.[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 286912, member: 5707"] [FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Kudos to you for trying to give your stepdaughter a fresh new start. Unfortunately, with drugs in the picture the challenges multiply (as I learned). Getting her off drugs is essential to achieving anything more. Once off drugs, educating her about positive actions/activities without drugs, and providing incentives for following them, are important, as is minimizing any temptations. In particular, her old friends should be as much out of the picture as possible.[/FONT] [FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]She has to [I][B]want[/B][/I] to be off drugs to stay off, and that is part of the drug education objectives. I really believe that to get her off, she should be away from home and her neighborhood and community temptations ideally in a good program -- for a minimum of 60 days. That won't achieve the education goals and build her personal commitment to a self-sustaining level (even given the home supports that will be needed), but will at least clean her system and allow a start on the rest. The options for achieving that depend on your financial resources and on the services available in your state and community.[/FONT] [FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]You are right to be concerned about your younger children, who clearly suffer from all this. I'd not advise telling the kids you would call unless you will surely follow-through. And, I'd check first to see what a call would accomplish. I doubt that you'd get more than could be achieved now through local youth services agencies. So my suggestion is to start with those agencies.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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