Boy borrows parents credit card to embark on four-day holiday to Bali by himself

[avebury]

37. Yes. I have been in a similar situation like this.

i had a roommate with the kid from hell to put it mildly. The kid went from one disaster to another to another with no end in sight, including a ride on Con-Air, time is State Prison, total lack of responsibility, running up debt like there was no tomorrow, and so on. The kid's mother lived in Ohio and his father worked out of state so the kid was dumped on me. So yeah, I have no patience for putting up with this kind of crap.

The straw that broke the camel's back was when he talked his dad into letting him trade in his vehicle and getting dad to co-sign on a 5 year loan. I told his dad that he was stupid and that he would end up being responsible for paying the loan. The kid had already suckered him into numerous really bad decisions and this was just one more. I moved out and left them to deal with the inevitable disaster that was totally predictable. The kid was on probation and I can tell you that he was well on his way to ending up being charged with passing hot checks. With no money in the bank he kept writing checks and would throw out the bank notices. I talked to the bank and told them that they needed to have a come to Jesus talk with the kid about where the situation was heading. As a former loan review officer it boggled my mind that the bank hadn't started to refuse to honor the bad checks.

So would I turn my child into the police? Based upon my experience with this kid, YES! Nothing to think about, I would never allow myself to be put in a similar position ever again.