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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe he should go to a group home?

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Group homes are for kids who are wards of the state.  Unless I wanted to sign him over to the state (which I will NEVER do), he wouldn't go to a group home.  [/quote]

Why not? My BIL is in a home. Schizophrenic. Better than being on the streets. I don't know what kind of mental illness your son has. Is there hope for improvement? Or will he get worse? What does he do during the day? You said he can be violent. Please tell me he is not in public school.[/quote]

No, he's not in public school.  He's in a special needs school for kids like him.  He's only 11.  I'm assuming your BIL is an adult.  If my son is this way or worse as an adult then maybe he will live in a home, but I'm not willing to sign over my parental rights to the state to have him in some group home where only-God-knows-what is happening to him.[/quote]

Hey OP, I'm sure you'll remember me, I'm the other mom of a mentally ill boy who wants to meet you for coffee.
My DS just started a special needs school for kids like them.  We're only a few weeks in and it does have it's pros and cons. Our school has a great student/teacher ratio (3-1) and out class is maxed out at 12 kids and a crisis room.  The downside is that he's at a school with kids just like him so on his third day he was punched in the face and head.  Maybe even worse is that my first reaction wasn't as nurturing as I would have liked.  It was more of a "now you know what it's like" type of reaction.  Not that that's what I said to him.

So, we had new school adjustments, Spring break (never ending arguing with sibling), kicked out of Silver Diner, and he ran away (gone for nearly 2 hours).  I had hit my limit and more so I bought a plane tickent, left DS with his dad (we're still married) and I took two full days off. I knew for 9 days that I was going and it's what kept me going.  When I got to my destination I turned off my phone and just trusted that everyone would be alive when I returned.   It's only been a week but I still feel rejuvenated. [/quote]

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