My Ds is 16 and his best friend grew up in care but is now living back at his mums. My DS is pretty open and honest with me and I know that this friends mother is a long term drug user and lives a chaotic life. I like her son whom I have know since he was a little boy but the world he now lives in has its dodgy side and he has had a disturbed childhood.
He has always been welcome at our house. Lately my Ds always wants to stay at the boy's mums house in town,(we live in the countryside.)
I think they can smoke dope there, there are no rules and there's lots more excitement and adventure for a teen in that chaotic household than in our own.
I feel I cannot ban my DS from staying there as that would probably just make him want to go there more. I am just encouraging them to hang out here as much as possible. How can I protect my 16 yr old from this dark world he's so attracted to ? He's very protective of this family and any judgements I make infuriate him.
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my teen DS best friends mum is a junkie
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songline · 20/08/2012 10:31
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