“I don’t want to talk to him, I want to see my dad.” Blurted the teenager.
He crossed his arms and slunk back in the chair. Sitting next to him, the teenager’s adoptive father’s face flushed with a mixture of anger and sorrow. He knew his son’s biological father to be a wicked and terrible man, who had abused and abandoned his son. These teenager’s words flowed from a wounded heart, but they were daggers in the ears of his father.
Only a few years ago they celebrated the teenager’s official adoption. They rejoiced and feasted as a family. But the party was over. Daily feuds had become the norm. The father wanted counsel for how to handle some issues in their escalating relationship. The son was defiant and rebellious. He left his home and responsibilities whenever he wanted with little regard for the consequences. Every conversation was a battle. It seemed like there were only two settings for communicating: shouting, or sulking.
The courts had declared this teenager an official son, but the father felt unable to parent, defeated, incapable of reasoning with his son or controlling his behavior. The teenager was legally an heir, but at this moment
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