Letters to the Editor
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a word of caution
The kid can and will leave. That would be pretty stupid of her, to push her son into leaving over something like this.
I raised a foster kid. I was a court-appointed special advocate. I can tell you all about stupid parents. This lady is one. The way you tell the stupid parents is that they always think they can rule the teenager the way they ruled the child. These parents are never, ever, ever right. Teenagers don't accept "I'm the parent therefore I rule even when I'm wrong." As well they shouldn't - teenagers are learning to be adults, and an adult who thought that way would be a pretty sad excuse for a human being. Teenagers fight back like wolverines. If you force them into a corner, they will self-destruct rather than give in.
So the kid runs away. Yay! He's destroyed his life! All because some stupid bitch wouldn't stop smoking pot because "no kid of mine is going to tell me what to do."