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    13 y/o giving his number out against my wishes

    @susanpath32 He's giving his phone number to another student at school, not some random stranger he meets at the store, or on the internet. Now meeting someone unsupervised, I totally agree with, but restricting his phone to being nothing more than a communication tool with you? You are putting...
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    Teen turning 18 in a few years! 😱

    @corydm27 Mine will turn 18 in about a year. We will NOT kick him out. Being neurodivergent, he won't be ready, he's still got a ways to go. However, even if was neurotypical, we still wouldn't rush to kick him out. It's a shitty thing to do. At 18, just throwing them out to fend on their own...
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    I want my 17 year old daughter out of my house… I think

    @lakatide And what's going to happen to her if you kick her out? Yeah, she's got a shitty attitude and that sucks, and hopefully just a phase she's going through. But kicking her out, does she have a job? Does she have a means to support herself? Who is going to rent to a 17 year old? Guess...
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    What do you expect and experience with your teens eating habits?

    @relaxbuddy No, not exactly. In simpler terms, I guess you could say with ARFID, you're afraid of food (because of its textures, etc), with anorexia you're afraid of gaining weight. But because ARFID basically makes you eat less (because less foods appeal to you), then you're probably going to...
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    What do you expect and experience with your teens eating habits?

    @scottwilson My son (16) has ARFID (avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder). It's a daily "battle," just to get him to eat anything. Sorry, wish I could help.
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