I might weigh out... Am I helping recovery or hindering it by allowing 
this to happen? I then also would look at the protection of my own home, 
the members within it, and the respect that is violated... more than 
likely I'd give a firm date  for things to begin to reverse and a no 
tolerance on stealing, drugging or not coming home at a decent hour, and 
if things weren't  up to par as stated... out ya go to trouble someone 
else. That is just me though. I've had to face similar with my son a while 
back. I'm thankful he didn't test it. He's 19 and has a curfew with a firm 
rule no party stuff or the door is open with you on the other side of it. 
I'm hoping his trials with that kind of life has given him his lesson, I'm 
thinking it has, but the rules are there nonetheless.

Brad

on 03:01 PM 6/23/2006, Phil Scovell said:

So, if you had a daughter, who is attending drug rehab classes, working, 
and
trying to stay clean, yet she has an unsaved boyfriend with whom she often
spends entire nights with and doesn't come home until morning to get ready
for work, would you, and I have two questions here.  First, would you 
allow
her, at her age of 27 and since she is an adult with the right to live her
own life the way she wishes, allow her to rent from you and live in your
same house?  Second, if you are a Christian and your ministry is nothing 
but
Christ centered, not to mention your whole life, consider that your 
daughter
is really trying and thus you should allow her to live as she wishes as 
long
as she pays rent?  Just curious.  You don't have to be a parent to answer.
Keep in mind, this same person steels from you, and from others, takes
things to the pong shop to get extra money, and comes to church but seems
more to be playing the part than living what she believes.  Her goal is to
be clean, not Christian, in my opinion.  So, now what do you think?

Phil.


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