Are there any mentor programs for teenage boys or intervention programmes or something for my teenage son? I can’t do it anymore. I’m at a complete loss. He’s vaping, sniffing deodorant, doing weed and sneaking out at night from friends houses. And I think also drinking when he’s at friends. I physically cannot stop him. I’ve tried. I’ve tried everything. Tonight he got so angry that he punched me in the arm. He needs so much help, and I need to help him before he gets worse. Are the police able to talk to him or something? I’m desperate. I don’t know what to do anymore. He is the most head strong, defiant child I have ever met.
My son is out of control. How do I stop him?
My son is out of control. How do I stop him?
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headspace?
I feel you. IV been there, and unless the child wants help, nothing you try will help. I did all the counselling, meetups with people suffering the life long affects of substance abuse. Parenting courses, Youth programs, an Aboriginal program that got kids back to country, and so on. In the end, at 14, he ran off, and frankly, and I don't care who judges, my house has never felt so peaceful. The other kids no longer come home in fear of abuce or being smacked around. Things are no longer being stollen. No more death threats. No more room searches for hidden weapons, no more police daily arrival to inform me of what he's done this time. No more holes in walls or smashed up furniture. He's happily living with like minded people, couch hopping, doing what he pleases. Last police visit last month, he was approached by police in a delapidated house with a bunch of homeless kids, and refused to come home with them. They confiscated the drugs and alcohol and left the kids there.
One day, I hope he finds his way, and when that day comes, he's welcome home with open arms. But right now, the safety of my other kids is far more important for me to try and bring him home right now.