Boy Gone Wild (part XXVI in the series)

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4月29日

Boy Gone Wild (part XXVI in the series)

I was standing in the kitchen at 1 a.m. Friday morning, with five police officers, my son in handcuffs and my ex-, when my cell phone rang.

My sister, inebriated: GUESS WHAT?! I’m going to switch schools and move to yourtown, Alabama and I’m going to get an apartment and my tuition will be $5,000 less!

Me: That’s great. Can I call you back tomorrow?

Her: You’re not even excited? I can get my masters in another two years and…

Sigh. I know I said I gave up drama for New Year’s, but my family didn’t get the memo. NO DRAMA, I said! My son: defiant, stubborn, and disrespectful. In handcuffs. In the back of a squad car.

His dad is visiting for the weekend, so of course everything was soon out of control between the two of them, with my son threatening to run away and/or kill himself. Fortunately, I live in a relatively small town, so when we called the police, three squad cars showed up. The officers searched his room (cigarettes and fourteen lighters were stashed behind some xbox games), and talked to/intimidated him. They couldn't actually take him anywhere, since he hadn't committed a crime, so they told him to just step down, go to his room, and lose the attitude. Dumbass climbed out of his bedroom window as the officers were leaving, so they put him in handcuffs in the back of the squad car while they talked to us.

After a couple hours of sleep, we took him to the Juvenile Probation Office and met with a woman who gave him a drug test (negative) and told him about the whole juvenile court process. She talked, listened, and explained exactly what would happen if any more complaints were made against him and for once in his life, I think he listened.

He agreed to start seeing a therapist to help with his anger, and we talked for several hours about everything ("Mom, I can't believe you tackled me!"). While I don't want to be that naive mother, I'm guardedly optimistic, believing this is the best thing that could have happened. Perhaps that giant chip on his shoulder is starting to shrink.

Bonus: part of my son's punishment was to rake my yard (my neighbor's yard? I'm still not sure about the property line) and it looks wonderful!

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	Gage 发表: So, are things a little better now? 5 月 9 日
	Gage 发表: YIKES!!! 5 月 1 日
	L发表: When your sister has kids, she'll understand. And what is life without a little drama, boring right? It's just that it's always better when the drama is the next door neighbour's kid and not your own. Oh well, hang in there friend. L 5 月 1 日
	Bob发表: Listen to Steph!!! She has been there and back!! Sounds like he needs to keep busy and maybe get some therapy, but what do I know!! I don't have kids. But I understand! take care! Hugs Bob~ 5 月 1 日
	Bob发表: The Pimp Your Ride thing doesn't officially start until tomorrow so take your time! I hope you do it! Bob~ 5 月 1 日
	Lucinda ... cindi, too发表: I'll trade you one teen-age stalker chick for a rampaging boy child. I think you could whip some sense in to her. Sounds like you're getting the boy child under control ... Good luck to you! And what's this about midgets and short horses??? LOL 4 月 30 日
	Courtney-O发表: It's good that: 1. He tested negative for drugs. At least you know what he's NOT doing. 2. He listened to the JC lady. 3. You can still find the positive - i.e., your yard looks great! You'll get through this, Indigo. One day at a time. 4 月 30 日
	ksgrrl发表: Okay. So I started laughing outloud at the end when you said he has to rake the (neighbor's?) yard. :) This can't be easy. Luckily you have people who are willing to talk to him. In my home town, no one at the station would have cared until they could toss him in jail. Sending good thoughts your way. 4 月 30 日
	KentStephen发表: Kids: If they don't kill you, you're lucky!!! I know Ken's son was/is no walk in the park. Where do they pick up all this evil chit from anyway? Thank Gawd for Xanax! 4 月 30 日
	Nikki发表: Wow.....he's really getting into the whole teenage rebellion phase, huh? Bet you can't wait till he has his own kis and he has to go through all of this......right? On the bright side, drug test was negative....that gotta count for something, right? Take it easy! 4 月 30 日
	in GeorgiaKatSoup发表: whats with all the lighters? sure theres no drugs? i really am sorry about all this. 4 月 29 日
	in GeorgiaKatSoup发表: oh my gosh! ummm sorry Indigo 4 月 29 日
	bren发表: growing up is hard to do and parenting? it's a good thing they left that up to you folks that can handle it. BTW the photo? simply delicious! 4 月 29 日
	Karen 发表: Hey, woman, if you want to hate midgets, you GO RIGHT AHEAD! You've earned it this week! Too bad you didn't get nominated for Soap Awards! 4 月 29 日
	S.Stephanie发表: I hope he gets a very good therapist. My son, who just turned 19, is now serving his second sentence of 10 days in jail... long story. I think it's great the UA was negative, let him know you think so too, but keep an eye on him, he's gonna hate it, but it's better for the both of you! He's pretty lucky that things went as easy as they did (I know, don't tell you it was easy, cause for you it was NOT easy). Just wondering what happened to his Dad's comment about not antagonizing him? lmao Hang in there Indi, he's got your smarts, maybe he just needs to grow up a little more to use them? BIG HUGS, Steph 4 月 29 日
	Litespreader发表: i feel bad about you having to deal with all that, and sloshed sis with the cops standing there.. but that's a classic! cracked me up.. i'm very glad the boy will start therapy. it's gotta help. i'm praying... ;) t 4 月 29 日
	KuhnHeidi发表: The long lost sister obviously has re-surfaced....lol....like mine with exquisite timing! LOL -Heidi 4 月 29 日
	Terri发表: NO DRAMA...no drama is what the memo said! ;) Oh, how I love that you tackled the child...I giggled out loud! And yay for sis coming to town. And wooohooo for the raked personal/neighbor's property! 4 月 29 日
	P发表: oh my oh my oh my. i hope the scare lasts for a long time -- at least until some maturity catches up to replace "scare" with good sense. oh my oh my oh my. p 4 月 29 日
	NatalieQ发表: Oh, the drama. I read your entries carefully in the hopes that I learn something for the day when our three boys start this crap. It will happen... in relative ways... and I'm not really looking forward to it so much. Raking is good. Manuel labor is good. Wears their butts out. Glad to hear the drug test was negative... there's a positive to work with... Good luck! Q 4 月 29 日