April Leasa
August, 27 2018 at 12:27 pm

I have a question about these rights. My son has mental health issues. He is 25. He self medicates with drugs and alcohol. He was homeless once. He's been home now for over a year but he's still in the street person mindset. Instead of trying to become more self sufficient he will scam and and try to think of ways to get money for drugs or just get his dealers to give it to him somehow. He loses his phone all the time and his wallet. I'm at my wits end. I want him to feel the consequences of his actions. He is destroying my life. I feel like I have to babysit him with everything. How do I let him have his rights but at the same time impose rules in the house? Like for instance, something simple like we went to the store the other day and he had a dirty white hoodie on with the hood up with bloodshot eyes and dirty white sweatpants on. I was embarrassed to be with him. How do I let him choose to look the way he wants but at the same time tell him how he looks to other people and it does make a difference in society in the way he's treated. Which then reinforces the way he keeps living his life. Because he doesn't seem to get it. I'm pretty sure he's on the spectrum as well but I can't find anyone that will test him for this so he can get the right kind of help.