Parenting Teenagers (12-18) Support Group
This community is focused on the joys, challenges and concerns faced by parents of teenagers (12 to 18 year olds). The major areas of child development include: physical development, perception and sensory development, communication and language development, cognitive development, emotional development and social development.
We have a couple who are very good friends. Their son has been using Oxycodon and was almost arrested for forging a check. He has not been working at a regular job and we think was kicked out of an apartment he shared.
The couple are both professionals and one is in the mental health area. They are both dedicated and wonderful people but do not seem to recognize a serious problem. The wife talked with my wife twice but now has been implying that everything is fine.
My wife and I are really concerned and believe that pretending that things are fine is not productive. Parenthetically, the husband helped me when I was ill so I feel a moral obligation to help if I can. What should be done.
How do I get them to recognize a serious problem and speak with professional. How do you get them not to give a kid with a drug problem money and enable his habit. The wife said one time, I didn't know pizza was so expensive, my son needed $50 to get a couple of slices.
The couple are both professionals and one is in the mental health area. They are both dedicated and wonderful people but do not seem to recognize a serious problem. The wife talked with my wife twice but now has been implying that everything is fine.
My wife and I are really concerned and believe that pretending that things are fine is not productive. Parenthetically, the husband helped me when I was ill so I feel a moral obligation to help if I can. What should be done.
How do I get them to recognize a serious problem and speak with professional. How do you get them not to give a kid with a drug problem money and enable his habit. The wife said one time, I didn't know pizza was so expensive, my son needed $50 to get a couple of slices.
Getting more involved will most likely damage your friendship. Giving them a wake up call is probably the only choice besides ignoring it. It is a shame they are not more aware.
Even though your friends are professionals, and in the mental health field, it doesn't mean that they are able to accept what's going on with their son. They could very well be in denial. It's one thing to provide mental health services to strangers, but it's completely different when faced with issues with your own relatives.
Good luck!