I asked my son a few weeks ago if he wanted to go to Ala-teen meetings, I explained how they would help him with everything that is going on around here and he said "no".
He sees a social worker for individual sessions at school, he is part of an after school "grief therapy" group, and he has another group session with kids in his school who deal with the same issues. I think he feels a bit overwhelmed adding something else.
My 18 year old son who is giving me so much grief went to Ala-teen for years, and for a short time he was going to NA meetings of his own doing. (at first I didn't even know he was going).
Thank you all for the ESH.