Been there
Posted By: JEAN on 2008-10-17
In Reply to: I agree - SM
We've been there. We also have a son who was asked not to come back to his school (private school) after his freshmen year. He was failing and acting strange.We never suspected drugs. Finally we put him in a public school because we decided not to pay big $$ for the private school. He sat in the public school and didn't do much but hook up with druggies and goths. After a year of that we put him in counseling and we all attended, (Mom, Dad and son) and told him in no uncertain terms that he would go to an in state school for problem kids (boarding school) and I told the druggies and goths not to come around or I would call their parents. The counseling started working and after much talking, pleading, his older sister getting involved, and talking to him and promising him a car if, a big "if" he went to a private school and made good grades. Between all of that, so far things
have been a whole lot better. I think one of the best things was to get him away from the friends and back to his old life and friends at the private school. I didn't feel a bit bad about telling these kids to leave my son alone. Of course, one of the girl's mothers called me, and had a fit, but too bad. I wouldn't dare let my daughter go out of the house dressed in head to toe black with green hair and tatoos and I told this mother that. You have to try anything that will work. I know promise of a car was a cop-out but I was desperate at that point. Also, it gave him something to work towards. Good luck
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