t had been less than 4 months since Molly and Derek had the conversation about “the contract” with their son, Ben. It was very simple: no drugs, no paraphernalia, and no drug seeking posters allowed in the house. Those are the house rules. Ben did not go for rules. He threw the contract down and broadcast, “I am out of here!” Molly and Derek stared wordless as he walked out the door with only a daypack.
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Since the time that promise was made there have been some turbulent times; and at times I have wondered how we were going to get along without killing each other. Since he turned 18 there are a few things that he now has the legal right to do that are very annoying to me, but I cannot do anything about it except enforce our house rules.
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Obviously my ranting is not going to get my son / sons to change their ways. Especially with the new “18 year old” I have decided to un-plug from his world.
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Now on to what is really eating at me at this time. 18 years old, for two days and I think I am going to scream. I don’t know if I am obsessing, but I feel this shift of attitude and the one event that is really getting to me is his “smoking”
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Making Decisions For Our Teens Stories can have so many different endings, depending on the choices that we make throughout our lifetime and the chances we take. As an adult and parent we make choices for our family, with very little training, hoping they are the right decisions. Three years ago, my son went into [...]
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I don’t want you to think that I am neglecting my blog. Actually it is quite the opposite, for those of you that do not know me, by profession I am a website designer / search engine marketer. Surprising? Most likely not. There has been a lot going on in the past year in web [...]
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When my son ran away five weeks ago and we sent him back to Heritage Schools in Provo, Utah it was another experience of feeling somewhat lost and relieved. I felt like he was returning home to the place where he belonged and could be taken care of. We knew Heritage, we know the staff [...]
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