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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I am right there with you. We went to Easter brunch, in between a day of interrogating our 17 yo about the shenanigans that happened the night before. They've been multiple versions to the story, which involved an unsupervised party, damage to the car my son was driving and him driving home with an unlicensed 16 year old who'd "only had a couple".  I'm horrified and would never have imagined we'd end up here. Needless to say, we'll be tightening the reins for a long time. I wish I were at the mexican restaurant with you. I'm horrified by the bad decisions being made by my two teens. They always had theirs heads on straight but have gone off the rails this past year. Vaping, drinking, weed, one's had senioritis since September. It consoled me to hear others' stories, especially the ones that ended well.[b] I'm finding this chapter to be very stressful....and lonely[/b]. Those who enjoy the company of their teens are very blessed![/quote]

OP here.  Yes, it is lonely and isolating.  It's difficult to share with friends or family because there is a stigma, and you don't want the stigma to follow your teen around once he (hopefully) grows out of this phase.

We did start my son back in counseling, with a new, male counselor/therapist.  It took work to find someone, and we are paying out of pocket because we couldn't find anyone in our network.  Initial feedback from the counselor is that all of this, even the attempted theft, is in the realm of normal.  Which doesn't mean that he shouldn't be punished or held accountable.  My son is acting better this week, but again, he usually does during his periods after being caught.  He is capable of making good, mature decisions, I just wish he would make them proactively, and not a reaction to punishment/earning back privileges. [/quote]

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