Help with teenage son
 

When I was in AL picking up a truck for my Dad I get a call and it's my wife she says my oldest son 16 had stole my KW W900 and has taken it to a party that we told him not to go to apparently trying to impress his friends. Any how he gets drunk gets in the truck and tries to drive it back ends up getting in a wreck and abandons the since thank fully the guy he ran into was a friend of mine and is not pressing charges as long as I pay for getting his car fixed. But I still don't know what to do the KW is also going to need some work done to the front of it witch will cost me close to $2,500. So what should I do.

Is this a joke? What you do is get that boy to work and make him pay for his 'mistake'. Your friend shouldnt have to wait for repairs and if hes keeping your kid out of trouble, pay the man his money and get it back (every cent) from your son. A summer of working to pay his debt and not doing much of anything else sounds right to me.

No it is not a joke. I have thought about him working it off trying to get him a job some where but not having much luck also thinking about sending his A$$ to military school. And I also have cut my friend a check today for $6,542.32

Military school would be right up there with the best suggestions. Whatever you do, it should be drastic...just having him work it off probably isn't enough. Just be thankful he didn't kill somebody.

Maybe your friend is NOT doing you a favor by not pressing charges. Perhaps this is exactly what your son needs to be held accountable for his actions.

Man if I was you I would make him get a job and pay for all the damages.

I know it's hard but have you ever heard of Tough Love?
Too late now but you should have had his butt thrown in Jail for awhile and NOT bail his ass out.

I agree. A nice night or two in jail and then military school would have been in order. If I had pulled a stunt like that when I was 16 I wouldn't be here typing this now. But I guess that is why kids are like they are now days. No real discipline.

I am going to send him to military school but he can't go for about 2 months so every evening and weekend he is going to wash the trucks and clean out the trailers and every one of those trucks and trailers are going to look like their brand new or he is going to have to do every one of them again.

Yea that's a good idea.