I Can鈥檛 Have My Son 成人快手
John鈥檚 mother thinks he has been groomed to be a drug鈥檚 mule. He has special needs and she has reached out for help but she can't control him. What should she do?
John鈥檚 mother thinks he is involved with county lines. How can she get him to stop?
From a fun and gorgeous, football-loving youngster John has turned into an uncontrollable teen.
He has had several run-ins with the police, has vast amounts of money in the house and sleeps with a knife under his pillow.
Tanya and Antony are middle-class professionals and had big dreams for their son. Now they just want to keep him safe.
鈥淚 went from academic expectation, to no GCSEs - then I got down to be alive, and actually not harm anyone else."
They鈥檝e reached out for years for support as John has special needs; they have had to fight his diagnosis, for his education and now they are struggling to find a way to keep him from a life of drugs and crime.
They鈥檝e tried every parenting trick in the book. 鈥溾業t's all about setting boundaries鈥. Yeah, right! We're kind of beyond boundaries.鈥
Now they might have to deprive him of his liberty to keep him alive.
Producer: Sarah Bowen
Narrator: Grace Dent
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