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-> Our Challenging Children (gifted, ADHD, sensitive, defiant)
amother
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 Sun, Sep 07 2014, 9:35 am
A question probably for social workers here:
What LEGALLY can be done with a teenager who leaves the house as if going to school, but spends the day who knows where? This is an everyday situation. TIA
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granolamom
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Sun, Sep 07 2014, 9:46 am
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probably depends on how old the teen is and what the legal mandatory age for school is in your area. I believe where I am, after age 16 or 17 there is no legal mandate to keep a child in school. so if a 17 yo is cutting out of senior year, there's nothing do be done legally.
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amother
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Sun, Sep 07 2014, 9:49 am
NYC, turning 15. 
I want to really, REALLY scare him with possible consequences. Please tell me there is something.
He just started a new school that he seemed to like. sigh
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Fabulous
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Sun, Sep 07 2014, 10:31 am
can you go to your local police station and ask them to have a truant officer pick him up? Maybe follow him as he leaves the house? I see truant officers all the time near my house because I live near a public high school and 7/11  where all the kids go to skip.
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