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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 85581" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Same old, same old. I recognize the pattern too. </p><p>Sorry to hear that he is sabotaging himself. The real world is scary for him evidently or he just doesn't get it.</p><p></p><p>As far as you telling kids not to do something, you do know that is a red flag to a bull. Even my easy child will do something the absolute opposite of what I think he should do. (NYC instead of a more rural school) We guide, we suggest but in the end what they decide will be and must be their choice. It is also a sign of a mind of their own even if it is self destructive. No one wants their children to grow up and follow mindlessly the teachings of anyone including us. Smoking at 16 is pretty normal. As long as you don't pay for it, you don't have it in your house and he doesn't smoke when you are around, there is little you can do. Hopefully the sheer stink of it will turn him off. </p><p></p><p>He does love to stir the pot doesn't he?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 85581, member: 3"] Same old, same old. I recognize the pattern too. Sorry to hear that he is sabotaging himself. The real world is scary for him evidently or he just doesn't get it. As far as you telling kids not to do something, you do know that is a red flag to a bull. Even my easy child will do something the absolute opposite of what I think he should do. (NYC instead of a more rural school) We guide, we suggest but in the end what they decide will be and must be their choice. It is also a sign of a mind of their own even if it is self destructive. No one wants their children to grow up and follow mindlessly the teachings of anyone including us. Smoking at 16 is pretty normal. As long as you don't pay for it, you don't have it in your house and he doesn't smoke when you are around, there is little you can do. Hopefully the sheer stink of it will turn him off. He does love to stir the pot doesn't he? [/QUOTE]
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