Reply #68: How sad

[proud2BlibKansan]

I had a meeting with a family just last week. The kid is bi-polar and they don't want to put him on meds. He is violent and has been kicked out of several schools. He cusses like a sailor. He is this close to being permanently expelled from the school district, which means he wouldn't be able to attend any public school in the state. But the parents refuse to medicate his illness. They also say they can't afford counseling. He physically attacks his mother and runs away from home. But the parents don't want him medicated. We told them we could help find a counselor who would come to school at the school district's expense. They said no counseling.

This kid sexually assaulted a younger kid. When we explained to the father what had happened, he went off, screaming "My people are NOT gay!!" We could not make this father understand that this was an aggressive violent act but it didn't necessarily mean the kid is gay.

They had some other kids (not sure how many) and they were taken away. One of their kids died. But they didn't tell us what happened.

So they now have this violent 12 year old whom no one can control and they were just unwilling to listen to any recommendations for getting help for him.

It just broke my heart. In 10 years, this kid could be homeless and on the streets. But with therapy now, he could be just fine.

Talk about bad parenting. :cry: