by minimus 65 Replies latest jw friends
It sounds like you're talking about me between the age of 14-25. Got busted for drugs once, shot at once. Eventually I ended up in jail for an assault I wasn't even involved in. In my case jail was probably a good thing. It gave me time to think, and I realized I needed a major life change.
Unfortunately the change I selected was joining the JWs, but at least that's over too.
W
Hmmm, my post isn't showing up for me.
edited. Now it's showing up. I'm too impatient.
So her kid's gonna turn out like you??????
So her kid's gonna turn out like you??????
Scary, eh? But at least the feathers on the ass are optional.
W
Here's one way a family dealt with a kid:
Cops: Teen kept in bathroom, beaten for years
Boy has broken forearm and oozing wounds that may mark years of abuse
updated 6:11 a.m. PT, Tues., Feb. 17, 2009
SPRING HILL, Florida - For three years, neighbors in a quaint, middle-class community scarcely saw the lanky 16-year-old boy who lived with his adoptive mother and her boyfriend.
Now, they know why: According to authorities, the teen was brutally abused and held captive in his own home. Most recently, he'd been confined to a bathroom, locked from the outside and sealed with a piece of plywood over the window.
By the time he escaped last week, the Florida boy had a broken forearm and scars, scabs and oozing wounds that investigators say mark years of abuse.
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Last week, the abuse reached a new height, police said. According to an arrest affidavit, Gigliotti and Angelo discovered the boy had found a way to pry open a barricaded window and free himself with a piece of his clarinet.
The teen was forced to strip, and Gigliotti beat him with a piece of wood about three feet long, police said.
The authorities' account continues as follows: When the teen couldn't stand the pain, he grabbed the wood and held it. Gigliotti beckoned her boyfriend, who came in and took the wood away. She then beat him with the metal and plastic ends of a water hose.
After that, his hands were bound with packing tape. He was left nude and with cuts all around his body. The bathroom's electricity was cut, leaving him in darkness.
Well, he must've been a real pothead and drunk before.
Hope things work out, minimus.
purps
I hope so too. He's not a bad boy but I think he will soon be.
I have a real soft spot for kids that have these kinds of problems, I hate that they get tagged as bad and wear that for the rest of their life. They get in a cycle they can't work themselves out of. When all the crud is scaped away, these are usually the smartest kindest kids. They are hurting and this is how they lash out. They may find out he is depressed or bi-polar or something and these are the reasons for his behaviour.
I feel for Mom, it has to be a most difficult time for her.
I hope you will let me know how they are doing.
Thanks,
purps
Purps, I'm a bit less sympathetic. He's a thief, a bully, a young criminal, a pothead, a druggie, a rebel, and insolent.
