Hi All
Looking for a little guidance. My husband and I have custody of his children - 17, 15 and 13. We are having an issue with our 15 yr old son. He is a Sophmore in High School and over the past year has attended school on and off because we can not get him up in the morning.
My step son will tend to stay up all night on his computer or watch TV in this middle of the night because he can not sleep and when it comes to getting him up in the morning to go to school he is un able to get up and will sleep the entire day away. He tells us he sleeps the day away because he has missed school and nothing is going on and why bother. So he will sleep the day away until his friends come home from school and then he becomes alive and active. Once the friends leave - he will wander around the house telling us he is bored or he will pick a fight with his younger sister by hitting her or lashing out on her verbally. He tells us he wants to go to school but feels that its just hopeless because he cant get up on time. He will tell us that he is not good enough.
We have taken his computer away, disconnected the TV at night and have prevented his friends from coming to the house - we are not sure what more we can do to help him.
There is nothing wrong with him as far as his learning abilities - we had him tested and his IQ and all his test scores are well above average.
His father and I are at the end of our rope trying to figure out what is wrong with him. I feel like he is dealing w/Childhood depression -whereas my husband feels it is just him being lazy.
Can anyone help or provide guidance on what course of action we should be taking.
Im very concerned.
Thanks
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