Let's see if I did the quote tying right 
When I go to court I plan on asking the judge, "are you familiar with the saying it takes a village? Where is my village?"
I have sought help from the juvenile office. He was put on informal probation TWICE!!! Not once did they hold him accountable for his community service, essays he was supposed to write, or meetings he was to attend. Nor was he legally punished for no show or failed drug tests.
I've sought help from the police numerous times when he becomes violent. They won't remove him. But to top it all, I've been charged with domestic assault because I protected myself against him in his violent outburst!!!
Boys homes won't take him because he's not a ward of the state. The state won't take him because he's "not done anything bad enough yet."
School just suspend him so he has more time to be high.
Mental health won't keep him long term because they say it's a substance abuse issue. Drug rehab is a mere 58 days, and voluntary. They lock his shoes up, so he'd have to leave barefoot but they can't make him stay. In the past he's just done his 58 days, played the game, and went right back to it when he got out.
I'm considering a military school if I can find a scholarship/grant for him. I can't afford to send him myself.
Again I ask, where is my village???
