Parenting Teens

» phillipsmom - troubled teenage son

Thanks for your reply. I guess I'm going to, as they say, fight fire with fire, as much as I love my son, I don't think he takes his actions seriously. He bought himself a cell phone, which at 14 I think there to irresponsible to have, then decided to h elp himself to my debit card. I went through all the channels, cancelled my card, called his probation officer, and bottom line is I have to be the one to press the charges.I've got the weekend to try to make him see where his future lies, come Tuesday I'm going to haul him to the probation office, and see what happens. I hope this just doesn't ruin his life, but I don't know what else to do.

-- posted by phillipsmom