Replies to 'Troubled Teens'

Quote From: granoffive

My daughter's stepson, age 16 1/2 is antisocial.  He spends most waking hours on the computer, but presently is not allowed to use it.  He comes into the kitchen only to grab and eat food, leaving a mess.  He sometimes goes to his dad's mother's for a couple of days at a time. He had been skipping school and they got him into a special high school which worked for a few months but now doesn't go there either. He spent most of his childhood with an alcoholic, dyfunctional mother.  I think he nees a boarding school.  My daughter and her husband (his dad) have a 7 year old son and they don't want him influenced or worse, harmed by this teenager.  He has "playfully" put his hands around the younger brother's throat.  He curses at anyone who tells him what to do.  How can I help them find a place that can help him? I live in NY, they are in Cambridge, MA.