Ds 16 asking to go into Foster care can he do that? .

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Hes changed massively in 6 mths, hanging with wrong crowds pushing boundaries. Him and dh are at loggerheads and clash. It all came to a head over school work and mixing with other groups, the ds smashing laptop. He then went awol over the weekend minus his phone as dh conviscated after him smashing his laptop. We managed to track him late last night, his gf also went awol. Now hes saying he want to go into care and asking to walk to school. This is all I've this bloody phone because dh said he's still not getting back. I'm at breaking point with it all. Ds is basically lashing out because he wants to do want he wants.

Would they take a 16 year old into foster care?

No they won't take him unless there is a safeguarding issue, SS don't have enough placements for children in danger let alone ones who are throwing their toys out of the pram.
I would say though that he must be feeling really unhappy to say he wants to go into care. Is your DH his bio dad?

He won't be taken into care because his dad confiscated his phone.

Definitely not foster care. To be honest social services would probably just ask if he has a friend or relative he could stay with if he doesn't want to stay at home.

A wise previous MNer gave me this saying.

Look there are only twenty four months until you can move out and get your own place, so lets make them pleasant ones and then maybe we can all emerge from this friends. That stunned my then 16 year old DS into niceness

Oh and if you want to be in a position to be the boss of you, then ace your results and your passage through life will be so much easier.

Why don’t you let him walk to school? He’s 16?

*assuming this is not a Covid related situation.

As you were told on your other thread this is highly unlikely to happen.

He should be getting to school under his own steam.anyway. I think he can legally live on his own when he is 17, how far off that is he?

In my local area he could approach or be referred to the youth homelessness prevention team who would either try to help you all to repair matters to a point he can stay at home or potentially offer him a place somewhere like the YMCA. From previous experience there's not a chance in hell of him being taken into foster care in those circumstances, at that age.