Thanks everyone. Have somehow managed to cool off without harming
anybody but am still not sure of what to do.
As I myself have always had a "problem" with authority, the court
mandated family therapy may be interesting. Obviously, I think being
on the boat with me is better therapy.
Furthermore, I think the worst thing he did was to have the stuff at
school and get caught. Although I do not approve of Marijuana use, it
is considerably less dangerous than many legal things, even harmless.
If he was having sex with kids his age it would be legal and far more
harmful. If he was smoking tobacco it would be nearly ok and way more
harmful. I caught him playing with matches and aerosol cans once,
seriously harmful and legal.
At one counseling session, he was in with the counselor and my wife and
I in the next room so I started reading the counselors textbooks. They
were only 5 yrs old so not outdated yet. The counselors started raving
about how much more potent marijuana is now so I pulled out their own
textbooks and showed them WHAT THEY HAD BEEN TAUGHT IN SCHOOL but what
they are not allowed to say. Evidence shows that marijuana today is no
more potent than very high quality marijuana of 30 yrs ago. These drug
counselors get into the system and start spouting the gospel according
to those whose best interest it is in to keep harmless things illegal.
Gateway drugs my ass, they are now in the business of turning tobacco
into a "gateway drug". For my sons best interest, I may have to bite
my tongue till it bleeds.
As far as cruising goes, I was sorta running out of cool weather
anyway. In spite of being a 5th generation FL native, I refuse to sail
in summer. Maybe it is best to wait till Fall but you know another
disaster will strike.

Larry W4CSC wrote:
wrote in
oups.com:

What can my 8 year old do I wonder?
Please forgive my ranting but I am fairly angry


My neighbor's 8-yr-old daughter just got expelled for throwing a
chair at
another student, missing and putting the chair out the broken
window.....

She said the boy "****ed me off.", to quote her....(c;

Best of luck....