Children causing trouble is something to be expected. I mean, almost all of us have gotten into trouble at one point or another, but sometimes, some teens are willing to go to an extreme level of trouble. A frustrated Oregon father is having to deal with a defiant 15-year-old son who has been causing nothing but trouble. The father wants to call the police and report his son because he took advantage of his father’s absence and crashed his car. This doesn’t come as a surprise since he has never driven a car before. Now, the issue is that it’s not only about the car. The kid is doing a lot worse and his father is tired.
The Oregon father tried to justify why he was willing to call the cops on his son. Apparently, he is smoking weed nonstop and also using drugs. He even steals from his father and refuses to receive any help. When someone tries to reprimand him for the way he behaves, his response is “f**k you, you f**kin bitch.” He was even sent to the ER before and then attacked the security staff. His dad has tried everything possible, but nothing is working. The kid has also spent three months in psychiatric hospitals and group homes, but this didn’t change anything. Now, the tired dad is ready to take the matter to the police.
People Reacting to the Oregon Father’s Decision
After the Oregon father provided details on how defiant his son is, almost everyone sided with him. One person asked him “What’s your end goal here?” He then replied by saying, “I don’t know. My parenting has completely failed. Medically, my options are limited by Oregon’s law allowing 14 year olds to make their own medical decisions, so I cannot force substance abuse, psychiatric care, or even just therapy on him. He refuses. So I’m feeling like juvenile justice system might be the last straw to holding him accountable.” Another person agreed that calling the cops was the right decision at this point as they wrote:
“IMPO, might be better to have it happen at 15 so he understands the depth of consequences for this behavior now than 3 years from now. It is also about boundary setting. If he knows you’ll never make him face consequences, he knows he can keep doing it risk free.”
When someone tried to blame the father for his son’s behavior, he quickly clarified that there was nothing he could do. “Excuse me? I understand my son is my responsibility, and I am taking responsibility for him, and acknowledge I am imperfect and have failings, but some things are actually beyond a parent’s control. Not everything my son does is 100% my fault or failing. Sorry, the world is not as black & white as you assume,” he wrote. One Redditor also felt sympathy for the father because he is in such a situation. “Gut-wrenching situation. Must do anything possible to stop the drugs. Very hard to do this alone. Make it clear that your motive is love, not feeling disrespected,” they advised. Hopefully, the father will manage to put a stop to his son’s antics.
