Kids and rehab centers???
My stepsons have a heroin addicted mother. She was in and out of jail last year, in and out of outpatient rehab, suboxon clinics..etc. We were able to shield them from most of that (they don't expect her to be around so they really didn't miss her). She got out of jail in September, used again in early Dec and spent the next 3 weeks in jail, missing another Christmas and another birthday for our youngest. She hasn't been present for any birthdays for him, and he doesn't really know who she is. Because she broke parole in Dec by using the court ordered her into a 30 day inpatient rehab, strict rules etc...This Saturday is family day, and we are court ordered to allow her mother to take the boys to visit. I am not happy about this. Not because I think she will be a mess, and I know they have seen her at her worst, but because of the atmosphere and the other people in there. Does anyone have any experience with this that can give me insight, maybe ease my mind a little?