So my wife's nephew is staying with us now, he is 17 and was having alot of problems. We are trying to steer him a little straighter. Just went downstairs and found my 8 year old with a Lincoln cent Whitman book, and Lincoln cents spread out everywhere. She was teaching him about the mint marks, and they've already almost filled a book. Good stuff.
That's great and good luck! If he shows interest, do some coin roll hunting for rarer things like the 92 Wide AM! Unlikely, but so much fun, cheap, & time consuming.
Nice. Not trying to get too personal but if the stray was drugs etc related always keep one eye open. Intra-family theft is endemic with those kinds of problems. If you're sure that's not the case maybe you have a budding yn on your hands
Just lost an 8 oz cup of 1920's wheaties that I had not searched and a laptop to a son who is on drugs. I bought a bag of 5000 wheats about 35 years ago and was just getting around to searching them. Lost out on them. Son has done this before but just got out of rehab and was supposedly cleaned up. I'm 71 so I guess I should have learned by now. We always hope with family though.
Sorry Dad.........that's what happens when we love unconditionally. You're one of the good guys. Love the avatar.
Sorry to hear that chuck123, no matter how badly someone wants a loved one to get sober it won't happen unless that person wants it themselves, a lesson I've learned the hard way
There are good people out here on CT. Sorry for those of you who've trusted others with things and been burnt. I am uplifted when I read your stories here. Bless you all. Keep on keeping on.
I feel your pain...I have a son that I had to kick out of the house and he has been gone for over 5 years now. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do. But he was a master manipulator and con-artist. When he meets a new person he sizes them up and tries to figure out what you can do for HIM...and once you are of no use to him he acts like he never met you before in his life. I love him but had to practice tough love and make he realize that he has to take responsibility for his actions. He has done and said some of the most horrifying things a son can say to a father but I still love him. I am no fool and he knows it now. We still talk and yes there is still resentment and bitterness there but we are trying to have a father-son relationship as best we can. My son too had the sticky fingers syndrome and I hope that he has outgrown that bad habit. All I can tell you is to keep loving him or her and keep an open mind. You have to have patience and love. That is my 2 cents worth. Hope it helps. Good Luck!!!
Your a strong man Jason...What you did had to be incredibly hard, but from what you said, most certainly needed...Your son sounds like my brother...He only comes around when he needs or wants something....
I never had kids, and it's technically not too late for me, but I'm past the point where I would seriously consider it, and so I don't really know what the experience is like. Regardless, the stories on this thread convince me that the parent-child bond is extremely, almost indescribably, strong. So strong that even personal betrayal or violation of trust can't completely break it. Looking at it from the outside, it's hard to identify with or even conceive of in some respects. I really admire those who go through it all and do their best despite the "you never know what you're going to get" roulette wheel of child bearing. It's awe-inspiring.
I hear you. I'm 35 and have a five yr old. Having a kid has been both the best thing and hardest thing in my life. It's a life changer but something I am proudest to live for. I had all these notions of how perfect my future son would be, but it's weird how they grow over time more and more into their own person.
He was one of 5 that my wife and I adopted. We raised them. He was born in 1961. We are now raising 3 grandkids that we have adopted. We have had them since birth. They are now 15, 14, and 12. We are home schooling them. None of them are remotely interested in coins. The laptop stolen had most of the 15 year old son's school work on it. His grades dropped from a 3.8 last semester to 2.2 this semester. He was heart broken. I don't think drugs are in these kids future. Kids have really been great for my wife and I but I agree they aren't for everyone.
That's awesome you guys adopted. I know what you mean about some of the kids not being interested in coins. My son is young but shows absolutely no interest in coins. Maybe it will grow on him
