The other day I took my 15y ?P for a meeting with the youth justice team--the one he didnt attend the other week. There were Police there and youth justice workers. After about an hour they were telling me what a nice decent lad my son was and I left feeling totally confused. I thought they were right and it was all in my head about him being a P and that I had probably made him worse by treating him the way I do eg with little feeling. I was in turmoil for days and then reality set in------how on earth could these people tell what my son was really like after only an hour and we all know how manipulative they can be in situations like this. And can you imagine if I had told them that I strongly suspect he is a P------I would have been locked up !!
Kellomal-I have been there. I had my P placed in a psych ward when he was a teenager for bizarre behavior which I thought was because he was mentally ill which P claimed he was. The next day, I got a call from the doctor asking me what did I have him there for as he was "fine". At the time, I felt the same way you do now-totally confused, and angry with the doctor. I now realize it was all an act. My P is now almost 26 and we are no contact. It is scary the kind of control they can have.