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He posts stuff on snapchat about not wanting to live and he talks to adults (workers at b&g club, other kids parents, my friends) and every once in a blue moon he will tell me... apart of me feels like he does this for attention and to things he wants. For example: caught him with Marijuana and grounded him from everything and that included his phone... well then he started on this "how is he supposed to talk to his friends when he is sad and suicidal?" I told him there is a home phone he can use for 15 minutes a day and that he can always talk to me. Wasn't good enough so he snuck in a friend he got from a friend, called the girl that works at the boys and girls club and told her he didn't want to live anymore and they waited till the next day to call me and told me if I didn't have him evaluated that Dcf would be involved. I spent 10 hours in er waiting for them to be able to take him to a mental health hospital...which was a vacation for him. They sent him home with no diagnosis, no medication, and he said he didn't learn anything... so here i have my son who is supposed to be grounded for weed, should be added time for not following rules, and he completely had me feeling like a piece of shit mom for not knowing that he was talking to this person about being suicidal. .but I am hearing people say that they were proud of him for reaching out, that they feel sorry for him, boys and girls club paid his membership fees for 6 months... I take what he says very seriously as I to feel suicidal sometimes and I know how scary it can be sometimes to have those feelings but I also don't want him calling out for help so much just for attention that everyone gets tired of hearing it and maybe not there when he really needs it. And also I want him to deal with consequences when he does wrong and not turn it into some crazy poor me scene. Parenting teenagers is hard! #MommyBloggers #SuicidePrevention #Parenting #singleparenting

He posts stuff on snapchat about not wanting to live and he talks to adults (workers at b&g club, other kids parents, my friends) and every once in a blue moon he will tell me... apart of me feels like he does this for attention and to things he wants. For example: caught him with Marijuana and grounded him from everything and that included his phone... well then he started on this "how is he supposed to talk to his friends when he is sad and suicidal?" I told him there is a home phone he can use for 15 minutes a day and that he can always talk to me. Wasn't good enough so he snuck in a friend he got from a friend, called the girl that works at the boys and girls club and told her he didn't want to live anymore and they waited till the next day to call me and told me if I didn't have him evaluated that Dcf would be involved. I spent 10 hours in er waiting for them to be able to take him to a mental health hospital...which was a vacation for him. They sent him home with no diagnosis, no medication, and he said he didn't learn anything... so here i have my son who is supposed to be grounded for weed, should be added time for not following rules, and he completely had me feeling like a piece of shit mom for not knowing that he was talking to this person about being suicidal. .but I am hearing people say that they were proud of him for reaching out, that they feel sorry for him, boys and girls club paid his membership fees for 6 months... I take what he says very seriously as I to feel suicidal sometimes and I know how scary it can be sometimes to have those feelings but I also don't want him calling out for help so much just for attention that everyone gets tired of hearing it and maybe not there when he really needs it. And also I want him to deal with consequences when he does wrong and not turn it into some crazy poor me scene. Parenting teenagers is hard! #MommyBloggers #SuicidePrevention #Parenting #singleparenting