My son is a 16-year-old sophomore in high school. He has had anxiety and depression for four years and has been on 20mg Prozac for the four years. His case is very severe; He has had lately, and in the past, thoughts of suicide and has not been going to school, and I’m very worried that I will get in trouble from the police and take my son away. I know that they take away parents and children that don’t go to school because of drugs, alcohol, ect., but will they be harsh on me and my son knowing that he has had these problems for a good amount of time? Will they take me or my son away because he has been missing school? He has been involved in Kaiser Psychiatry Department for 4 years and has a therapist he very much likes, if this matters.
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okay so heres the thing. the dad is in the marines and he only wants our son for the money. he is saying this isnt his baby. and he doesnt ever ask how the baby is doing or what is going on with the baby. and i dont want my son to be used for money. and i dont want my son to grow up around a bunch of alcoholics. and he only cares about drinking. so how should i go about getting full custady once the baby is born. ill be 30 weeks on the 18th of this month. so im getting close to haveing him. and i want to get everything ready for once he gets here.
i also need to know when i should start looking into getting a lawyer. i dont know if i should start looking around now. or if i should wait until closer to my due date. which is october 27th. i am only 17 and this is my pregnancy. and im high risk due to misscarrage a few months before i got pregnant. and i know that you could go early. so that is the thing thats got me really unsure on what to do.
His mother was brought in and signed a statement admitting to marijuana use in the home and serving alcohol to a minor (her daughter not my step son) and child protective services told us we had to take him away pending investigation. Well, so far not charges have not been filed and CPS has yet to file a petition to have him removed from his mother…it’s been a week? No one will tell me how long before he can go home. He’s 16 and 1/2 years old and an honor student with finals coming up. I live in a different school district and it VERY difficult to keep running him back and forth. I’m worried his grade will suffer if he doesn’t get back to his routine. His mother isn’t a danger to him and I feel CPS is way overreacting…she has agreed to drug counseling beginning Tuesday but so far there is no legal paperwork preventing him from going home but we don’t want to make things worse. Everyone is in agreement that he needs to be home but CPS told me if we try to let him go home they will place him in foster care. His father and I find this entire situation stupid and it’s only harming my step son. He needs to sleep in his own bed at night and prepare for exams..why will nobody give us answers? How long does it take for charges to be filed against his mother? Why hasn’t a petition been filed…? How can they prevent my step son from seeing his own mother. If he was a baby and she was stoned that’s one thing but he’s 18 months away from18, doesn’t smoke,drink, A+ student, excels in sports and this is messing him up..even the officer doesn’t think he should be pulled from the home! doesn’t anyone have advice? A lawyer won’t help because charges and petitions haven’t been filed and CPS won’t answer my questions about the future?
my dad doesnt really see me, hes been an alcoholic ever since i remember but this christmas he has no where to go cuz his family is leaving, so my mom invited him to our christmas so i feel like i should get him a present and i decided on getting him a gas card and a book. i wanted to get him a book on how to be a better dad but nothing reall comes up when i google it besides books that dont seem interesting. i doubt if he’ll really actually read it but i just want him to look at it and know that he has hurt me and he is going to be a grandpa and needs to either be a good one and stick around or stay away. so any good books for my situation? ten points to legit good answer
a girl was dropped off at his house and apparantly had some alcohol drinks, he didn’t offer them to her and didn’t even really know her well. her friends picked her up and took her home. the parents called the police. they talked to him and said ok all seamed well . a yr later he is summons to court for contributing to a minor! they are both minors. what do you suggest he does?
This story is a little confusing so please try to bear with me. My husband and me were married over two years ago. He brought a daughter (who is now 15) who he has full custody of and I brought my two kids together and made a blended family. My husband’s ex-wife (my step daughter’s mom) had also remarried and had a six year old boy from her second marriage. One week before Christmas last years the ex-wife was arrested for manufacturing meth and DHS took her son an put him in an emergency shelter. Since my husband and me have full custody of his half sister and no one else wanted him the judge allowed us to become his foster parents and he lives with us. We found out this week (almost a year after this all started) that her rights have been terminated and DHS is starting the adoption process for him to be with us permanently. My question is how do you tell a seven year old boy that he will be grown before he sees his mom again and that he will be living with us from now on? He has not seen or spoke to her since she got arrested last December, she was out of jail till this past October when she was arrested again for falling to appear for her court dates. Thank you for any help you can provide.
He can’t see her, the judge said she is to have no contact with him period and that we would be held accountable if we let him see or talk to her.
This story is a little confusing so please try to bear with me. My husband and me were married over two years ago. He brought a daughter (who is now 15) who he has full custody of and I brought my two kids together and made a blended family. My husband’s ex-wife (my step daughter’s mom) had also remarried and had a six year old boy from her second marriage. One week before Christmas last years the ex-wife was arrested for manufacturing meth and DHS took her son an put him in an emergency shelter. Since my husband and me have full custody of his half sister and no one else wanted him the judge allowed us to become his foster parents and he lives with us. We found out this week (almost a year after this all started) that her rights have been terminated and DHS is starting the adoption process for him to be with us permanently. My question is how do you tell a seven year old boy that he will be grown before he sees his mom again and that he will be living with us from now on? He has not seen or spoke to her since she got arrested last December, she was out of jail till this past October when she was arrested again for falling to appear for her court dates. Thank you for any help you can provide.
He can’t see her, the judge said she is to have no contact with him period and that we would be held accountable if we let him see or talk to her.
This story is a little confusing so please try to bear with me. My husband and me were married over two years ago. He brought a daughter (who is now 15) who he has full custody of and I brought my two kids together and made a blended family. My husband’s ex-wife (my step daughter’s mom) had also remarried and had a six year old boy from her second marriage. One week before Christmas last years the ex-wife was arrested for manufacturing meth and DHS took her son an put him in an emergency shelter. Since my husband and me have full custody of his half sister and no one else wanted him the judge allowed us to become his foster parents and he lives with us. We found out this week (almost a year after this all started) that her rights have been terminated and DHS is starting the adoption process for him to be with us permanently. My question is how do you tell a seven year old boy that he will be grown before he sees his mom again and that he will be living with us from now on? He has not seen or spoke to her since she got arrested last December, she was out of jail till this past October when she was arrested again for falling to appear for her court dates. Thank you for any help you can provide.
He can’t see her, the judge said she is to have no contact with him period and that we would be held accountable if we let him see or talk to her.
This story is a little confusing so please try to bear with me. My husband and me were married over two years ago. He brought a daughter (who is now 15) who he has full custody of and I brought my two kids together and made a blended family. My husband’s ex-wife (my step daughter’s mom) had also remarried and had a six year old boy from her second marriage. One week before Christmas last years the ex-wife was arrested for manufacturing meth and DHS took her son an put him in an emergency shelter. Since my husband and me have full custody of his half sister and no one else wanted him the judge allowed us to become his foster parents and he lives with us. We found out this week (almost a year after this all started) that her rights have been terminated and DHS is starting the adoption process for him to be with us permanently. My question is how do you tell a seven year old boy that he will be grown before he sees his mom again and that he will be living with us from now on? He has not seen or spoke to her since she got arrested last December, she was out of jail till this past October when she was arrested again for falling to appear for her court dates. Thank you for any help you can provide.
He can’t see her, the judge said she is to have no contact with him period and that we would be held accountable if we let him see or talk to her.
This story is a little confusing so please try to bear with me. My husband and me were married over two years ago. He brought a daughter (who is now 15) who he has full custody of and I brought my two kids together and made a blended family. My husband’s ex-wife (my step daughter’s mom) had also remarried and had a six year old boy from her second marriage. One week before Christmas last year the ex-wife was arrested for manufacturing meth and DHS took her son an put him in an emergency shelter. Since my husband and me have full custody of his half sister and no one else wanted him the judge allowed us to become his foster parents and he lives with us. We found out this week (almost a year after this all started) that her rights have been terminated and DHS is starting the adoption process for him to be with us permanently. My question is how do you tell a seven year old boy that he will be grown before he sees his mom again and that he will be living with us from now on? He has not seen or spoke to her since she got arrested last December, she was out of jail till this past October when she was arrested again for falling to appear for her court dates. Thank you for any help you can provide.
PLEASE DO NOT SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT MY SONS MOM. we dated for a year and i broke up with her. we ended up getting back together shortly after for about 3 months and then i broke up with her again. A couple months later she ended up getting pregnant by me. I never got back with her but supported her throughout the pregnancy and also did not date. instantly when my son was born she tried everything to keep me from him (i am an excellent dad not some criminal meth smoking child abuser – i love my son) she had made up many lies and we went straight to court. i have since been in a horrible legal battle just to see my son at all for almost a year.
her mom is a sociopath.
my sons mom really wanted to get back together and wanted all time the time to know if i loved her.
what is likely going on with her? i want this to end.
My grandaughter was born June 05 with meth found in maconium. Parents had phsyical custody and State of NV having custody. They rec. custody just at deadline. In July 06 grandson born, again meth . CPS took custody placing them out of home & with me. CPS has plan for parents to follow & to be done by 7/07. were voted into drug court 12-15mos.. had 4-5 weeks in, fathers UA failed, arrested for 5 days. starts over with DC .CPS states to me: to think if I want to adopt .Don’t believe parents will make the deadline date.. (I ‘m 49, kids are 16 mo and 4 mo It has been a hard 4mos. Parents want me to then let them live with them.. I”M sure you can’t do that. I feel, I’m the one doing the WORK,some 0 nites sleep .0 LIFE., My man of 7 yrs has left.cuz of it all! They go do whatever , no clue what it takes for 2 kids 24/7. I LOVED JUST BEING GRANDMA ANY SUGGESTIONS? love my babies more than ever.also wonder if later theyhave prob from meth? the father is my son not 1 bit proud of
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Gore Arrest Highlights Rx Drug Abuse
CHICAGO – Drug abuse experts say the arrest of Al Gore’s son underscores the growing problem of prescription drug abuse among America’s youth. College students use the stimulant Adderall, an attention deficit drug, to get a speedy high or pull all-nighters.
Prescription drug abuse among 18- to 25-year-olds rose 17 percent from 2002 to 2005, according to the White House drug policy office. In 2004 and again in 2005, there were more new abusers of prescription drugs than new users of any illicit drug.
According to another survey, the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, there are 14.6 million current marijuana users and 6.4 million prescription drug abusers, with most prescription drug abusers using painkillers such as Vicodin. Cocaine ranked third with 2.4 current users
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/hea?guid=20070705/468dbe40_3421_1334520070706-1221983247
Gore Arrest Highlights Rx Drug Abuse
CHICAGO – Drug abuse experts say the arrest of Al Gore’s son underscores the growing problem of prescription drug abuse among America’s youth. College students use the stimulant Adderall, an attention deficit drug, to get a speedy high or pull all-nighters.
Prescription drug abuse among 18- to 25-year-olds rose 17 percent from 2002 to 2005, according to the White House drug policy office. In 2004 and again in 2005, there were more new abusers of prescription drugs than new users of any illicit drug.
According to another survey, the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, there are 14.6 million current marijuana users and 6.4 million prescription drug abusers, with most prescription drug abusers using painkillers such as Vicodin. Cocaine ranked third with 2.4 current users
“Why do they keep bringing up his dad? This is just a stupid kid doing stupid stuff. I don’t think it will affect his dad.”
Because this is someone that is in a position to do something to stop this, if he would? His son didn’t have to get busted even if he won’t be done like a poor kid and their parents will be. It needs to stop. It is not a best treatment NAMI is lying.
hey well he is 5 months old
just wondering when i take him to the docs tomorrow
what kind of medicine will they give him.
does it contain alcohol or any affect.
he is coughing a lot and starting to get the squeaky noise when you breath.
im breastfeeding him and i’m sick now because i let him cough in my face so iv herd i give him antibiotic’s.
My son is 13 and his dad has never had an interest in him until here recently. The only reason he is showing interest now is because my son is old enough to sit down and play video games with him. That is exactly what his dad said to me when I asked. His dad is a total loser. He is an alcoholic. He is 30 and lives at home with his parents. His parents are pill heads and neither work. They sit at home on disability and pop pills all day and night and eat. They baby my son’s dad like he’s 2 again. I also have a child who is mixed (black and white) and when my son goes to his dad’s house, his dad teaches him racial slurs to use against my other son without saying the “n” word. I have tried explaining to my son what these words mean and he refuses to understand that and thinks it’s funny. His dad doesn’t work and sits and drinks beer and pops pills that his parents give him when they have extra ones. I am so fed up and don’t know what to do. There is no divorce (we were never married) decree saying that he has visitation rights. He has no rights. He pays child support when he gets his unemployment or when he actually works. He never does anything for my son. No Xmas, no birthday presents..nothing. My son only wants to go over there to play games on his dad’s computer. He throws it in my face when I tell him no he can’t go over there that he wants to see his daddy. His dad also has been trying to talk him into coming to live with him once he’s 14 so that he can claim him on taxes. His dad is a selfish convicted felon who only wants to stir up trouble for me. He should be ashamed b/c he’s never been there and I’ve raised our son all by myself and he only wants money. He complains about having to pay child support and has been to jail several times for not paying. He says I ruined his life by having our son and I am the root of all his problems. He bad mouths me to our son when he’s there. I don’t know what to do. His family is very vindictive and when I don’t let him come over they try and cause trouble for me. His dad’s mom has even went as far to call Family Children Services on me and lie. The case was dismissed b/c it wasn’t validated and was proven to be false. I don’t know what to do. It’s always a big fight with my son and I. I have tried talking to his dad about all this, but he just laughs and doesn’t see that it matters. What should I do???
I wish I could move. I am a single mother. My close family lives here too. My work is here. I am just about in tears over this and I’m so damn sick of all this. I wish I could go back in time and pick someone else to have had my child with, but I was young and so was his dad. I am the one who grew up and provided a good life for my kids and take care of them. If I don’t let him go, they will make crap up and cause me trouble. They have done it before and try to make me look bad. I don’t know what to do. I don’t have money for a lawyer.
Well, of course my child’s safety is my 1st priority. His father is an active alcoholic and drug addict. His father is an open racist(my son has a half black brother living in our home with us). His grandparents who live in the same home as his dad are also drug addicts. So you think I should just let my 13 year old son go there just b/c he wants to? No. My child does not need to be around that, even if it is at his dad’s house. Hell no.
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Texas Mother Accused of Mutilating Baby
HOUSTON – A mother who claimed the family dog tore off her baby son’s genitals was arrested Friday and accused of mutilating the boy herself with a sharp instrument.
Katherine Nadal, 25, was led away in handcuffs while awaiting a court hearing on custody of the 3-month-old boy, Holden Gothia. She was charged with injury to a child and held on $100,000 bail.
Nadal had a history of prescription drug abuse and tested positive for cocaine and methadone the day after Holden was mutilated, authorities said.
Some of the story has been left out and there is a pic of her here tell me what you think? Is this the best treatment?
I am asking about prescription drugs here and I am specifically interested in psychiatric drugs, do you think that hooking people on mind altering addictive drugs is the best treatment?
“they shouldn’t be allowed to have children!!!! ”
That is a bad attitude, in fact it sucks, no one has the right to say this, the thing of it is is these are mind altering addictive drugs and people that are hooked on them and using them don’t know what they will or won’t do no more then a psychiatrist does, we need to stop this drug scourge we are calling best treatments, it is wrong and it is hurting and killing our people. This has to stop!
In Kentucky Wynema Worley was on antidepressant elavil and drove her little boy in the lake to die! She didn’t mean to I am sure it was what the elavil she was on did to her. I keep telling people and no one is listening, when is anyone going to listen that there is absolutely no valid and reliable scientific evidence for doing any of this, these psychiatrist and drugs need to stop. You are talking about Andrea Yates I think and there are others too.
My son is 13 and his dad has never had an interest in him until here recently. The only reason he is showing interest now is because my son is old enough to sit down and play video games with him. That is exactly what his dad said to me when I asked. His dad is a total loser. He is an alcoholic. He is 30 and lives at home with his parents. His parents are pill heads and neither work. They sit at home on disability and pop pills all day and night and eat. They baby my son’s dad like he’s 2 again. I also have a child who is mixed (black and white) and when my son goes to his dad’s house, his dad teaches him racial slurs to use against my other son without saying the “n” word. I have tried explaining to my son what these words mean and he refuses to understand that and thinks it’s funny. His dad doesn’t work and sits and drinks beer and pops pills that his parents give him when they have extra ones. I am so fed up and don’t know what to do. There is no divorce (we were never married) decree saying that he has visitation rights. He has no rights. He pays child support when he gets his unemployment or when he actually works. He never does anything for my son. No Xmas, no birthday presents..nothing. My son only wants to go over there to play games on his dad’s computer. He throws it in my face when I tell him no he can’t go over there that he wants to see his daddy. His dad also has been trying to talk him into coming to live with him once he’s 14 so that he can claim him on taxes. His dad is a selfish convicted felon who only wants to stir up trouble for me. He should be ashamed b/c he’s never been there and I’ve raised our son all by myself and he only wants money. He complains about having to pay child support and has been to jail several times for not paying. He says I ruined his life by having our son and I am the root of all his problems. He bad mouths me to our son when he’s there. I don’t know what to do. His family is very vindictive and when I don’t let him come over they try and cause trouble for me. His dad’s mom has even went as far to call Family Children Services on me and lie. The case was dismissed b/c it wasn’t validated and was proven to be false. I don’t know what to do. It’s always a big fight with my son and I. I have tried talking to his dad about all this, but he just laughs and doesn’t see that it matters. What should I do???
I wish I could move. I am a single mother. My close family lives here too. My work is here. I am just about in tears over this and I’m so damn sick of all this. I wish I could go back in time and pick someone else to have had my child with, but I was young and so was his dad. I am the one who grew up and provided a good life for my kids and take care of them. If I don’t let him go, they will make crap up and cause me trouble. They have done it before and try to make me look bad. I don’t know what to do. I don’t have money for a lawyer.
Well, of course my child’s safety is my 1st priority. His father is an active alcoholic and drug addict. His father is an open racist(my son has a half black brother living in our home with us). His grandparents who live in the same home as his dad are also drug addicts. So you think I should just let my 13 year old son go there just b/c he wants to? No. My child does not need to be around that, even if it is at his dad’s house. Hell no.
My friend has an alcoholic mother who has had three D.U.I’s in the past 4 years. Not only is she an alcoholic but she treats my best friend, her 17 year old son, absolutely horribly. Today she was screaming at him, got in his face, tried to hit him and he held her back. She slammed her self on the wall to make bruises and say that HE was the one who hit her. My friend took his cell phone and hit record as she was screaming at him and while it was recording she said “I’m going to kill you, hide your body in the woods, and turn you in as a missing person.” Later tonight my friend went to church and let his youth pastor listen to this and he called the cops on her. She got arrested. Considering this situation, how long should she be in jail?
My friend has an alcoholic mother who has had three D.U.I’s in the past 4 years. Not only is she an alcoholic but she treats my best friend, her 17 year old son, absolutely horribly. Today she was screaming at him, got in his face, tried to hit him and he held her back. She slammed her self on the wall to make bruises and say that HE was the one who hit her. My friend took his cell phone and hit record as she was screaming at him and while it was recording she said “I’m going to kill you, hide your body in the woods, and turn you in as a missing person.” Later tonight my friend went to church and let his youth pastor listen to this and he called the cops on her. She got arrested. Considering this situation, how long should she be in jail?
