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[quote=Anonymous]NP who also agrees with the husband here.  As everyone has pointed out, this is extremely serious and your son is not remorseful.  I wanted to comment on your concern about depression and these friends.  My son also suffers from severe depression and social anxiety (several hospitalizations).  I understand your concern about the effect of limiting or eliminating contact with the other kids involved, but I think you are misguided here.

You might not even have control over whether they stay friends because I can't imagine the other kids' parents allowing them to stay friends with your son.  So, regardless of your decisions, you are likely to have to deal with the fallout of loss of friendships.

As to your own decision, you view your options as eliminating the friends and possibly causing depression or promoting relationships that are premised, at least in part, on criminal activity.  It seems like a no brainer here.  Get your son help for his depression.  Fill his time with healthy activity and friendships.  Ban your son from any relationship with these kids.  Stop using depression as an excuse for his bad behavior and bad relationships.  Regardless of whether he is depressed, he still needs to become a functional member of society and it's your job to get him there.  [/quote]

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