Mark, My husband and I have been taking your online course and it has
been very helpful. Our son is about to turn 18 and has all but dropped
out of school. We feel that our next step should be to give him a few
choices: either he goes to school regularly or gets a job by the time he
turns 18 or he’ll have to move into our
garage. If he moves into the garage, we won’t support him in any way
except to provide food and a garage couch for him to sleep on. He won’t
be allowed in the house except to use the bathroom. If we actually kick
him out of the house now, I’m sure he’ll just get into more trouble. I
know eventually it may come that, but the garage is my last step before
kicking out. Does this make good sense to you? Do you have any other
recommendations? Thanks so much for your input. K.
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