This problem is rampant everywhere. I know a woman of 80 in California who has had two drug and alcohol abusing sons sponging off her literally their whole lives. The sons who live with her off and on, mostly on these days, are now 55 and 58, old enough to reside in TV themselves. Police get called regularly by the neighbors because the sons are either loudly and roughly fighting or behaving obnoxiously in other ways. One has set fire to her home while under the influence. The "boys" get arrested now and then. She acts like everything is just fine and still works to support them. She has had to sell her home and other assets since her husband died to continue to support them and now must rent. Talk about denial!
I am here for the month of October and have been reading the police blotter daily. It looks like even in TV yoyo adult children of all ages and some seniors themselves, are around to cause disturbances and even commit some serious felonies.
At one time I lived in a small mountain town having a reputation for being a safe haven and a great place to raise children, which it was by most standards. Still, a lot of bad stuff happened there that never made the local paper. I knew the DA quite well so I heard far more than most folks. The staff in the ER, the police, the sheriff and prosecutors are the people who are aware of what really goes on anywhere.
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