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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 196447" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Heather has a good idea there. Do some googling for safe places for him to stay when the time comes. It won't kill him to be in a shelter while he looks for a job. It <em>might</em> make him realize that he was a fool and needs to straighten up his act.</p><p></p><p>I think that the clauses are important. When I was a girl and rebelled against my parents, I moved out. But I was much much younger than your difficult child. It wasn't a good way to grow up. But, after the hearing where they made me a ward of the court, my father asked if he could speak to me privately in a room. They allowed that. He told me that he didn't care if I walked out into the freeway and got killed. Then he walked out the door.</p><p></p><p>I tried (and was forced) to reconnect with them. I was forced to be with them often as a young adult. A long story. But when things fell apart about 9 years ago, my dad told me that he hoped I would get into an accident and die on the way home. It was real clear that he had felt the same way for all of those years. I think it's important that your difficult child knows that he is a part of your family. I always knew I was not a part of mine.</p><p></p><p>PS added later: It wasn't as much what my father said that still hurts to this day, as that no one said what you have written. My advice is to leave it in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 196447, member: 99"] Heather has a good idea there. Do some googling for safe places for him to stay when the time comes. It won't kill him to be in a shelter while he looks for a job. It [I]might[/I] make him realize that he was a fool and needs to straighten up his act. I think that the clauses are important. When I was a girl and rebelled against my parents, I moved out. But I was much much younger than your difficult child. It wasn't a good way to grow up. But, after the hearing where they made me a ward of the court, my father asked if he could speak to me privately in a room. They allowed that. He told me that he didn't care if I walked out into the freeway and got killed. Then he walked out the door. I tried (and was forced) to reconnect with them. I was forced to be with them often as a young adult. A long story. But when things fell apart about 9 years ago, my dad told me that he hoped I would get into an accident and die on the way home. It was real clear that he had felt the same way for all of those years. I think it's important that your difficult child knows that he is a part of your family. I always knew I was not a part of mine. PS added later: It wasn't as much what my father said that still hurts to this day, as that no one said what you have written. My advice is to leave it in. [/QUOTE]
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