The habits I'm talking about are living habits they picked up before they came to us.
Some of the bad living habits are understandable, especially with those who grew up without parents. Those who were raised in group homes, juvenile facilities, or were homeless.
But some of those who come to us were raised in nice environments with loving parents. But the problem with many of them is they act as if they have something coming. They have a sense of entitlement, something they obviously learned at home.
Many misguided parents raise their kids to think they're something special. That the world owes them something. They don't teach them responsibility. About things like work. Like cleaning up after themselves. The basics.
Then when they're around 18 the parents expect them to do something besides smoke pot and play video games. That's when the trouble starts.
When many of these youngsters come of age they're unable to care for themselves. They don't know about work. About paying bills. About getting out of bed before noon. Their parents, by taking the easy way out and buying them off, have crippled them emotionally.
That's often when drug use escalates and the parents can no longer deal with them. And that's when they come to us.
And if they stay they begin to learn hard lessons about how to take care of themselves.
