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[quote=Anonymous]My situation was different than yours OP, but some things in common, so maybe my story will be helpful.

One of my DS had severe although not readily apparent mental illness. He fell in with a crowd that was doing all manner of illegal stuff, and many of the parents were completely fine with it. My son would have had problems no matter what, but this friend group exacerbated things with devastating results.

I did try to shut it down, but in retrospect I did not do enough. I was also so caught up in fixing issues (finding treatment, finding facilities) that I didn't put enough effort into returning him to positive spaces/relationships. If I had it to do over again I would 
-pull him from his toxic school
-be much more assertive with the bad group parents about the absolute necessity of keeping themselves and their kids out of my son's life
-without neglecting treatment, I would put in a ton more energy into a better school solution, opportunities for connecting and reconnecting with positive peers and adults, and generally opening doors to good things instead of primarily trying to fix problems[/quote]

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