My 17 y/o son is smoking pot and stealing from his family and others to buy it. We are prisioners in our own home. He just stole some of my jewelry this AM. After two yrs. of this I feel I need to get the Police involved. Suggestions?
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You've just answerted your own question. Let the cops know what he's doing and if that involves charging him with theft so be it.
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Yup, get the cops involved.
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hire a PI to follow your son to the dealers house then get the police involved with your son
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Its time for some tough love, If you dont want to get the police involved get him some help. If he refuses then you have no choice in the matter. Sometimes its hard being a parent, You have to hurt him but its for his own good.
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Slam his fingers in the door for steeling, this will teach him a lesson with out giving him a police record for life. If he goes to the cops (witch he won't) tell them what happend.
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If he is stealing sounds more serious than pot ... something harder and more expensive. Give him a last chance and ultimatum then ... oh I don't know. It's tough to go to the police as it will probably ruin your relationship and he may not forgive you. Sorry I can't be more helpful. Talk to him .. and good luck!
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don't. he'll blame you the rest of his life. if you want your relationship with your son to end, then i guess getting the police involved would be the best thing. his time will come. if he continues smoking pot, there is a good chance he'll get caught by the authorities his self. then he has no one to blame but himself, rather than you. in the meantime, lock up or hide what's 'valuable' to you. you could always let him know that you know and tell him you don't condone it but there's nothing you're going to do about it because he's pretty much an adult...
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Where the hey were you two years ago. This should have been nipped in the bud. Two years......It's a bit late now. You need to be referred to Child Protective Services. Of, course tell the cops. He'll keep on this and pretty soon he'll have adult status and a permanent police record.
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i think strong actions may be a preferred alternative in your case.. however, make sure you don't go to overboard though... i really don't to force you into any ways of solving this situation, so do what you think is right. and just take my opinion as a simple suggestion..
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Get the police involved. Turn his ass in. He needs consequences w/o parental protection.
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You really already missed your opportunity to instill the correct values in him. I don't believe it is in his best interests to get the Police involved. Tell him how much money he owes you and what the payment plan will be. If he doesn't live up to it lock the door and never let him in again.
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Start with a rehab facility or with someone who specializes in chemical addictions. Have them make some suggestions since they are the experts. I bet they get this question all the time. My brother had a drug addiction from the age of 12 and my parents tried everything, but several years too late. Start now and be vigilant, but don't let it consume you. You have to live your life as well. This was a major problem for my family and wouldn't mind sharing more with you. You are welcome to email me if you need support. See my profile for my email. Good Luck!
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Weed is not expensive. I don't think it's pot. Must be something else. Need ore info. But either way you need some proffessionls in on this.
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It must be very difficult for you and your family, however, if you have tried and tried with him and his behaviour has not changed and appears to be increasingly getting worse then going to the police is the only option that you have left...I am sure that as a mum this is not a choice that you want to take, however, he needs to start taking responsibility for his own actions and you cannot let him destroy you are your family, you now have to be cruel to be kind (so to speak) if he is left to continue with his behaviour, where is it going to end? He could eventually get himself involved in all kinds of trouble and could end up being arrested or even worse serving jail time. He needs to start to face up to how serious his behaviour has been and has become...Don't suffer in silence anymore or put up with his manipulating and intimidating tactics any longer, phone the police...Best of luck to you.
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doesn't sound like a pot issue. I think the problem is rooted deeper than that... Sounds like maybe you should just smoke with him.
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I don't like the idea of calling the cops on your own son. There are things going on inside of his head that need some serious attention. I would make sure that he gets the help he needs maybe with professional counseling or rehab.
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Yeah you probably should get police, although it's a shame he given pot a bad rap. He's probably doing more then just sitting down & smoking a joint. I would be concernced if my kid started this. I would be testing him for the harder drugs.
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I used to steal from my parents and when they asked I said it was for pot but in reality it was for cocaine. He may need help or may not. I quit by myself just by not doing it because I saw how much it hurt my parents but sometimes you can't stop and in that case he needs to go to rehab. As for calling the police on him is a bad idea. And so is having him followed by a PI, that will just cause trouble for him with his friends and drug dealers (as in violence not that they won't be his friend anymore) You need to have him drug tested and talk to him about whatever drugs he's using and consider rehab.
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ur kidding rite?!?!?!? u are the parent!!!!!! how could u let the situation get this out of hand.. i smoked weed and got kicked out of an academy and still smoke after but when my parents bought drug tests and threatened to take away my car and video games and stuff i decieded it wasnt worth it... y would u call the cops hahahah.. wat a joke.. no offense but plzzz be a parent and monitor your kid.
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