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2016-07-14 18:45:39 Post No. 17357009
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2016-07-14 18:45:39
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Do counselors ever "side" with the child rather than parents?
I'm 24, in college, have had jobs before but on break now. I still live with my parents because houses are expensive. They weren't raised on American culture and the values it entails, so our house sees a lot of differences. Throughout the years I've gotten really tired of explaining my side, since I grew up with American culture and the differences are just too strong.
When I'm with my friends, we like to smoke weed. That became a problem to my controlling parents. They're ok with booze, however, since that's what they grew up on. But weed is the devil's drug, to them it's exactly the same as heroin and other hard stuff. There's no changing their mind on it either, they are quite conservative and old. My straight A's and Dean's List status are invisible to them too.
We're setting up a counselor meeting to help solve my "problem". I've never been to one before and don't know it works. My desired outcome is: I want to keep smoking weed until it is time to quit. Once I'm 1 or 2 months away from graduating, then I'll fully stop so to pass a drug test before getting a real career.
How can I convey this to the counselor so they'll side with me and help me put some sense in my parents' heads? I know the working world will be a real shithole after graduation and I just want to lengthen the good times as long as possible.
