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    Expensive gift from bf parents:

    @sammy707 I'm surprised a $1,310 laptop doesn't meet specs, but a $500 laptop does. A laptop that costs more than twice as much should have better everything in it. If they want to throw money at you, pshh, take it. The only concern is whether they want the laptop back after she breaks up with...
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    Teenager using Pot regularly - how do I get him to stop?

    @simplewoodencross Methinks the cannabis use is self-medicating his other problems, making his life bearable. Work on his other problems. Don't worry about his school options or sports. Those are ultimately not very important. Work on his real problems so that 1) he lives, and 2) wants to go to...
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    He’s making me so mad

    @peter20178 Forcing him to do things he doesn't want to do teaches him nothing except to resent you. Worse, if he connects your behavior to something, he may carry that resentment into adulthood, now targeted at the thing you forced him to do as a teen. If you explained to him you are forcing...
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    He’s making me so mad

    @peter20178 I don't agree with forcing him to take guitar lessons under those conditions. Needless suffering is being created. If he wants to resume when he gets a new instructor, then great, If he never wants to play guitar again, then okay. You're not allowing him his own agency. A...
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    Teen quit school- now what?

    @thedevilaintthatbad The situation seems cut and dry. Your son is an adult and can choose to stay with Dad or become homeless or whatever. Set conditions for his returning under your roof, should he choose that path. He obtains his GED. He obtains job training or begins job hunting and going...
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