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Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call. Thank you. What can I do? My question for you today is

my wife and I are considering what to do about our 21-year-old son, our youngest, all the other kids

are up and out and being adults. He is currently living with us. He has been since about March or April

this year. He unsuccessfully tried to navigate about, you know, almost three years of college.

And since about May, has been habitually smoking marijuana and working a job but staying out late,

sleeping late, and we almost never saw him. And we tried to put a stop to that, put some house rules

in place, you know, what it took for him to continue living with us primarily of no substances and

being responsible and making good decisions. But things got better, but recently he started

another job and has kind of relapsed back into that old habit and lifestyle. And he's, you know,

we're thinking of maybe he needs to get out of the house and start adulting and learning to

how to do it on his own. Until one of you decided, oh, but he'll be so sad and unhappy and he may not

be able to function and will be bad parents because it won't really work, right?

No, really he's been treated with medication for anxiety and depression.

Oh, that's what I just said. Yeah, well, everybody has anxiety and depression these days.

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