Hi, new to this but at the end of my tether right now and don't know what else to do.
I have 3 boys (15,13 & My eldest is the problem. He has been steadily getting worse with his behaviour and I feel like I have run out of solutions and consequences.
Since June in particular he has been excluded from school for 4 days for swearing at teachers, graffittied the walls at the local shop (I am surprised we haven't had a visit from the police), got incredibly drunk, come home stoned on a few occassions and has now been fighting in the street with another boy.
My husband and I have grounded him, reasoned with him, yelled at him, stopped pocket money, removed priviledges (mobile phone, t.v, stereo etc etc)and are just at the stage where we don't know what else to do with him.
It feels like he has absolutly no respect for us or anyone at school and no ambitions etc for the future.
Everytime we ry to punish him in any way he threatens to ring social servicesbecause he knows his rights and we can't treat him like we do, but each time we give him back some trust he does something a bit worse. I feel he is on the slippery path to no where and don't know how to turn things around.
Any suggestions would be welcome.