An unwilling truant [View all]
I'm hoping someone can give me some advice. My neighbor's 16 year old grandson is spending the summer with her. I have known him for10 years. He comes down to chat from time to time. He has told me several times he is home schooled. Recently he admitted he has been out of school for 2 years and that there has been no home schooling. He now talks a lot about wanting to go back to school. A couple of days ago he was here and his mother called him on his cell phone. He said he wanted to come home...answer not now. Then he said he wanted to go back to school this year. This was not well received. He argued a bit then agreed to talk about it later. I feel certain later will not come or the results will be the same. I could write a book about the disfunctional traits of this family. Drugs, alcohol, divorces, merry go round of live in girl/boy friends, physical and sexual abuse.
I would really like to see him back in school so maybe responsible adults might be a part of his life. Of course, without further education he is pretty much screwed even if he didn't have all the family baggage to lug around. I don't know either of his parents. His grandparents think he is being home schooled. They don't seem interested in running any interference for him.
What would you do?
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