Husband and son violence this eve

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Ds1 17 has recently been kicked out of college for non attendance. He has been told by us to hand his cv round and look for a job. He's refusing to do this.

I actually think he's very depressed. He has opened up this eve and said he is and that he wants to see a Dr Mon am.

This eve, he kicked a hole in his wall because I'd said no WiFi due to not handing cv's round. His dad went in there and shouted, and got in his face and had hold of him and ds punched him in face. Its a nightmare. Two younger ds who are witnesses to this stuff in their home fairly regularly.

It's not as clear cut though as ds1s previous teachers have said that they think he's on the autistic spectrum. When we pushed for a diagnosis with Camhs, it came up that he doesn't have this. Though I've been told that the threshold is high. My dh also doesn't help the situation as he's pretty aggressive(but he'd deny this) and intolerant when he talks to ds1. So worried about the affect on ds2 & ds3. Life is crap

Tbf I think this is a difficult stage for sons and fathers in general. Mine are two of the must mild mannered people you could meet but they were squaring up to each other on Friday, Maybe it was a full moon!
My son decided he was going to drop out of college last year, we were gutted. He then signed up for a traineeship at the same college, he held out for a good placement and now has an apprenticeship with them.
There are still plenty of options available for your son. I hope his mental stress can be helped too. I know it's not an easy age