Moon Momma
May 16th, 2004, 11:37 PM
I have spent the last half hour bawling, couldn't go to sleep, so I finally decided to come here (and some of my other boards) and ask for help.
One of my daughter's friends, Cody, is in a lot of trouble. He's got a lot of problems (bi-polar, anger issues, abusive home) and has done some bad things (fights, weapons, stealing, vandalism, threats). I had heard that he was "bad news" but I'm the type of person that prefers to decide for myself. He and another boy broke some windows on an old abandoned barn on our property and I told my daughter I didn't want them over here. A few days later, Cody came to our house and asked to speak to me. He was honest with me about breaking some of the windows and he apologized. I decided that a kid that had the balls and the decency to apologize deserved a second chance. He had been hanging out here for the past month.
I found out last night that he was hauled off to "jail" on Friday. (He's only 14, I'm not quite sure where they took him.) He and two other boys were fighting. One of the boys had marks up his arm, supposedly from being dragged on gravel or something. But anyway, because of Cody's troubled past, he was taken away and the other two are apparently just being charged. From what I understand, they go to court on Wednesday.
My heart is just breaking for this boy. I'm hoping and praying that someone will realize that he needs HELP, not just punishment. His parents have locked him out of the house before, and I hope they haven't given up on him. No one knows exactly where he is right now, but as a former 'juvenile delinquent', I know how lonely those places are, especially when you feel like the whole world is against you and no one will ever give you another chance.
I just hope that something good can come of all this. If he does get sent to a juvenile facility, it will most likely be the one in Kearney where a very good friend of mine works, so maybe I'll be able to keep tabs on him.
Anyway, I guess all I'm asking is for prayers and energy for this kid...to get him through the next few days wherever he is, for his court appearance on Wednesday, and for whatever his future holds. I don't want to see anyone's child go through this kind of thing.
One of my daughter's friends, Cody, is in a lot of trouble. He's got a lot of problems (bi-polar, anger issues, abusive home) and has done some bad things (fights, weapons, stealing, vandalism, threats). I had heard that he was "bad news" but I'm the type of person that prefers to decide for myself. He and another boy broke some windows on an old abandoned barn on our property and I told my daughter I didn't want them over here. A few days later, Cody came to our house and asked to speak to me. He was honest with me about breaking some of the windows and he apologized. I decided that a kid that had the balls and the decency to apologize deserved a second chance. He had been hanging out here for the past month.
I found out last night that he was hauled off to "jail" on Friday. (He's only 14, I'm not quite sure where they took him.) He and two other boys were fighting. One of the boys had marks up his arm, supposedly from being dragged on gravel or something. But anyway, because of Cody's troubled past, he was taken away and the other two are apparently just being charged. From what I understand, they go to court on Wednesday.
My heart is just breaking for this boy. I'm hoping and praying that someone will realize that he needs HELP, not just punishment. His parents have locked him out of the house before, and I hope they haven't given up on him. No one knows exactly where he is right now, but as a former 'juvenile delinquent', I know how lonely those places are, especially when you feel like the whole world is against you and no one will ever give you another chance.
I just hope that something good can come of all this. If he does get sent to a juvenile facility, it will most likely be the one in Kearney where a very good friend of mine works, so maybe I'll be able to keep tabs on him.
Anyway, I guess all I'm asking is for prayers and energy for this kid...to get him through the next few days wherever he is, for his court appearance on Wednesday, and for whatever his future holds. I don't want to see anyone's child go through this kind of thing.