I went to jail.

[zombie no.one]

sounds like a difficult situation, I hope you manage to fix it somehow and good luck

[CheezeFlixz]

Sorry about your plight... I wish you well.

One thought as one Dad to another... what lesson is your kid going to learn if you take the fall for them? Sometimes tough love is the best love... and while we never want to see our kids in trouble or hurt we must ask the question are we really protecting them or are we hurting them by denying them the consequences of their actions??

IT might be a valuable lesson that will be a wake up call and change the direction of his life.

Just a thought... take it or leave. What ever your choice I wish the best for you and your children.

[Umaril The Unfeathered]

Tough love is the only way kids learn, especially if it escalates to your situation where your kid beats you up.  Being noble and taking a fall for him won't magically make him him see the light and realise what he did was wrong.

Let him be responsible for his own actions and you'll be doing the best thing for him as a parent.  Sometimes a good scare (ie, going to jail) works wonders for the attitude.

Remember, we love you here.  Good luck

As usual, your combination of beauty and brains sees another great post, and I raise my glass to you 

As one who came from the wrong side of the tracks as a younger man, (but nowhere near as bad as some of those around me back in that day) I agree that you need to learn a good hard lesson sometimes, no matter how much pain or remorse it instills in your being.

But, as is the way of things there are those who don't care no matter what they've done, and it makes you wonder how some people live with themselves...

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

RC,
You are my friend but I MUST agree with Indy, again.
1) if you want your son to be a good man, he has tolearn how to beone himself.  You covering him like this will not help him learn.  I'm sorry, being a good dad means that kids have to fall sometimes.  Those that are caught and covered for never turn out well.  Your intention is noble, but it won't help him be a better man.

2) Don't be a victim anytime, bro.  Use your public defender, and I gotta say, maybe the drink has gotten ahead of you.  Don't be a victim to that either. 


Hang in there.  Stand tall.  You have people.
-Ed

[Vik]

Can't they guess what happened seeing the physical evidence? If you're the one who's hurt, I reckon it should be obvious? Unless you fought back and the both of you are wounded. And out of what you say can we assume that your son is lieing? I think that's an even bigger reason to tell the truth.

[RCMerchant]

Can't they guess what happened seeing the physical evidence? If you're the one who's hurt, I reckon it should be obvious? Unless you fought back and the both of you are wounded. And out of what you say can we assume that your son is lieing? I think that's an even bigger reason to tell the truth.

Eddie wasn't hurt.
We talked about it...when I go to the pretrail confrence,he' said he's going to man up.

Thanks for all the advice,guys! 

[The Burgomaster]

Best of luck to you.  This sounds like a tough situation.