My son was just charged with arson! Help!

[floridafather]

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During the past year we have taken all video games and fun stuff away, stripped his room & had him seeing counselors, psychiatrists, therapists, etc..still nothing changed! He started behaving this way once he started high school and began hanging with the Wrong crowd. They influenced alot of it but ultimately he is responsible for his actions. I have gone through 4 jobs this past year, & unemployed now because when I was at work I would get emergency calls & have to leave. Money is tight & we barely get by with my wife salary. I love him so much and was trying to help. Well, one of those kids dared him to do something last week at school and he lit a toilet paper dispenser on fire in the bathroom at school. He was caught, arrested & charged with Arson 1st degree and received a first degree felony charge & currently in juvenile detention facility awaiting trial. Oh yeah, he was also expelled from our county district school board for the next two years. He has royally screwed himself and I am falling apart emotionally! You need to do something, I don't have the answer as you see. Maybe find out more about his friends and meet their parents. I told my son I loved him every day before bedtime until last week and I feel like part of me is missing. Don't let this happen to you and your family. I wish you all the best! Bye
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[Ohiogal]

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Florida
During the past year we have taken all video games and fun stuff away, stripped his room & had him seeing counselors, psychiatrists, therapists, etc..still nothing changed! He started behaving this way once he started high school and began hanging with the Wrong crowd. They influenced alot of it but ultimately he is responsible for his actions. I have gone through 4 jobs this past year, & unemployed now because when I was at work I would get emergency calls & have to leave. Money is tight & we barely get by with my wife salary. I love him so much and was trying to help. Well, one of those kids dared him to do something last week at school and he lit a toilet paper dispenser on fire in the bathroom at school. He was caught, arrested & charged with Arson 1st degree and received a first degree felony charge & currently in juvenile detention facility awaiting trial. Oh yeah, he was also expelled from our county district school board for the next two years. He has royally screwed himself and I am falling apart emotionally! You need to do something, I don't have the answer as you see. Maybe find out more about his friends and meet their parents. I told my son I loved him every day before bedtime until last week and I feel like part of me is missing. Don't let this happen to you and your family. I wish you all the best! Bye
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Ummm, okay.

 

[commentator]

Most of the time when parents say their child is hanging out with the "wrong crowd," their child is the wrong crowd. Sounds like some very heavy denial has been going on here, accountability has begun to rear its head.