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i have recently taken full custody of my 13 year old son, due to issues at his mothers. everything has been going great going to school etc over the last 2 weeks he has been refusing to go to school (cause he don't want to ) i have been leaving work to try get him up and ready and take him this has ended in arguments and total refusal. now he is trashing my house daily cause i have removed things like xbox phone pc as punishment. now he is screaming at me wishing me dead and wants to be taken into care
hi,
what if you explain to him that if he doesn't go to school, dad can get in lot of trouble, like paying fines, going to court? is there any support available from school or children's services?
Is he in a new school? Is he being bullied? The change must have been extremely upsetting for him and difficult to process at his age
have explained to him re fines etc he just not bothered in the slightest, school have said about counselling but 6 weeks wait. i dont think he been bullied as he made quite a lot of friends and plays out with them when not in school, i am going to make contact with children services today. i am so low right know and dont have any family support what so ever
It must be very difficult without any family support. Is there anywhere he'd like to go that you can do together over the weekend?
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