Thanks for your response. We have had professional help as last year was particularly difficult for us all. Son has seen three different Psychologists and has been revised by a Psychiatrist. It looks like we have now possibly found the right fit, and although all three previous practitioners were good my son needed someone who would both support and challenge him. I am currently trying to establish an appropriate support system for my husband and I and our other children as the impact upon our family dynamics is starting to show. My patience is wearing thin, and my attempts not to get angry and exasperated are currently failing. I am clearly tired and finding it difficult to continue supporting given I am feeling so used. Whilst some things have improved since the end of school, I am tired of being sworn at, called disgusting names, lied to, told that I am hated, that I am unreasonable etc etc. when I have spent the last 18 months supporting/caring/driving/protecting and encouraging. He says that he should be able to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants and does not understand why I am currently upset that he is inviting girls into our home for sex. If it was a girlfriend I would be willing to discuss, but he has younger siblings and says what happens in his room is none of my business. Maybe I am being unreasonable, but I can help thinking that the young women might possibly have the expectation of a relationship...and this is clearly not his intention. This is just one the behaviour I am struggling with at the moment, but his disrespect in this matter has me more upset than perhaps I should be. I just wondered what other parents thought. Clearly we are dealing with a number of complex issues, but I am struggling to discuss this with him without getting upset and angry.
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