I’m really sad about who my son is

[Anonymous]

We’re you strict? Maybe you should have been. This new fluffy parenting doesn’t work but you did the best you could and it’s not your fault. I’m so sorry and hope things will improve over time.

[Anonymous]

Op just want to say good on you. You’ve been open to people’s comments and that is not easy. I wish you the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take him to talk to the military recruiters. Army. Navy. Air Force. Marines.

Yes, this is really who we want in our military? HAve you learned nothing about the role of the military/police in #BLM.

Better get him therapy, volunteer work if wants to stay in your home with youth groups or disadvantaged populations, love him unconditionally but set firm boundaries for behavior.

The military is the ticket out for a lot of African Americans coming from the rural south. The military offers skills training and also money for college that many youth do
not available to them in their small towns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re you strict? Maybe you should have been. This new fluffy parenting doesn’t work but you did the best you could and it’s not your fault. I’m so sorry and hope things will improve over time.

Wow you say “maybe you should have been stricter” in the first sentence and then “it’s not your fault” in the next sentence. Which is it?

[Anonymous]

Op I’m sorry it might be ok. I let loose my senior year put my parents through hell but still ended up at an Ivy League grad school and gave them two beautiful grandkids. I know I owe them for those days. Chances are this phase will pass.

[Anonymous]

OP, I have had a wonderful experience with a wilderness program. I was very reluctant and I'm glad I listened to my therapist on this one, it was truly life altering for my daughter. She went to Pacific Quest in Hawaii but there are many others. Contact an educational consultant to get the right advice.

Do it now before he's 18. Then you will have no more control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like OP is a troll. The random facts being added later...

Oh good grief I’m not a troll - and why would someone troll this kind of thing?

[Anonymous]

Psychopaths are born. There is not much you can do about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Psychopaths are born. There is not much you can do about it.

Looked in the mirror lately?

OP, please disregard IDIOTIC response. If your son hadn't experienced trauma and loss, then maybe someone could assume he was just a bad egg. But I get the sense that isn't the issue here. Press on with some of the constructive suggestions offered in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re you strict? Maybe you should have been. This new fluffy parenting doesn’t work but you did the best you could and it’s not your fault. I’m so sorry and hope things will improve over time.

Wow you say “maybe you should have been stricter” in the first sentence and then “it’s not your fault” in the next sentence. Which is it?

It’s not her fault because nowadays you’re pretty much taught how to raise kids without a lot of discipline and making kids the center of the universe. It makes kids grow up entitled and it’s not OP’s fault for doing what the books and ‘experts’ taught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psychopaths are born. There is not much you can do about it.

Looked in the mirror lately?

OP, please disregard IDIOTIC response. If your son hadn't experienced trauma and loss, then maybe someone could assume he was just a bad egg. But I get the sense that isn't the issue here. Press on with some of the constructive suggestions offered in this thread.

What makes you think that OP has not done everything that can be done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op just want to say good on you. You’ve been open to people’s comments and that is not easy. I wish you the best.

That’s kind thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Psychopaths are born. There is not much you can do about it.

You are pitiful.

[Anonymous]

To the PP my son is not a psychopath. If anything he feels too much. He also demonstrated great empathy in his life.

[Anonymous]

Has demonstrated