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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 12340" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>A wonderful book that I recommend highly is "Relief for Hurting Parents" by R.A. Buddy Scott.</p><p></p><p>One of his basic premises is that for a child that is already hanging out with bad influences and starting down the road toward substance abuse, the single most effective thing you can do is get your child away from those people.</p><p></p><p>He even advocates moving away so you child will get a fresh start. He tells stories of one parent moving away while the other parent stays in the home with the other children just to get the struggling child away from a bad situation.</p><p></p><p>Not everyone can go to that extreme of course. He also advocates sending the child away to live with relatives in other parts of the country. We considered that but really had no one to send our difficult child to that could handle her.</p><p></p><p>At the time, I wasn't a member of the board and didn't know about EGBS and Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s. Looking back, I would have done it in a heartbeat.</p><p></p><p>Nancy's tough love worked with her daughter and I so admire what she did. I don't think that option would have worked for us because our daughter never took it to the level of running away or got caught drinking or using drugs. That's probably why it escaped our notice for so long. By the time things were really getting bad, she was 17 and pretty much past the point where a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or EGBS would have been effective.</p><p></p><p>If you are going to do it, I would do it as soon as possible. Otherwise, peer influences will negate anything you try to do.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 12340, member: 1967"] A wonderful book that I recommend highly is "Relief for Hurting Parents" by R.A. Buddy Scott. One of his basic premises is that for a child that is already hanging out with bad influences and starting down the road toward substance abuse, the single most effective thing you can do is get your child away from those people. He even advocates moving away so you child will get a fresh start. He tells stories of one parent moving away while the other parent stays in the home with the other children just to get the struggling child away from a bad situation. Not everyone can go to that extreme of course. He also advocates sending the child away to live with relatives in other parts of the country. We considered that but really had no one to send our difficult child to that could handle her. At the time, I wasn't a member of the board and didn't know about EGBS and Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s. Looking back, I would have done it in a heartbeat. Nancy's tough love worked with her daughter and I so admire what she did. I don't think that option would have worked for us because our daughter never took it to the level of running away or got caught drinking or using drugs. That's probably why it escaped our notice for so long. By the time things were really getting bad, she was 17 and pretty much past the point where a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or EGBS would have been effective. If you are going to do it, I would do it as soon as possible. Otherwise, peer influences will negate anything you try to do. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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