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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What other choice would you have?  Any type of private therapeutic school or group home is going to cost $6K to $10K per month.  People really don't have an understanding of what it is like to live with a violent teen who is seriously disturbed---or---even more importantly, the effect of that environment on the other children in the household.

When our DC was 13 and had become physically unmanageable and violent with tantrums, the tipping point for me was watching DC's younger sib---with a frightened face---try to placate and joke older sib out of the rage.  I decided then and there that older sib was going to therapeutic respite---even if I wound up hated forever---because I owed it to younger sib to provide a non-violent home environment.

We were a lucky family---through a combination of medication and therapy---which we were able to afford---older sib returned home after 7 months and has thankfully not been violent since.  But that is not the case with some children and impairments.  [/quote]

The point is you were willing to stick it out and get your child help.  Many of these families are not getting these kids help and just getting rid of them instead.[/quote]

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