Is it illegal to physically restrain your 15 yr old son for his own safety?

Our son is 15 and has been in & out of foster & group homes because of behavioral issues. He has run away constantly; he has smoked pot & drank alcohol since he was 8; he has experimented with Methanphetamines & Cocaine; he is sexually active. He doesn't go to school, refuses to do family therapy & has threatened to physically harm his father & won't obey ANYBODY's rules! So, I believe his dad & I need to be really radical with him. He also wants to grow & sell marijuana, which his father & I are totally against! I need to know is it illegal, in California, to physically restrain our son to protect him from his out-of-control behaviors & to try to force therapy on him so later in his life, the cops won't be forced to use billy clubs on him????

What is on my dog.. tick ?

i picked up my dog, and on her stomach was a bug.. greenish teal colored.. with small legs and a big body, a little bit bigger then a dime, it was atached to her and i saw one on her ear the other day... any ideas ?

How to find out the age of the turtle?

am getting too curious to know many things about my turtles...also i saw them fighting today (for first tme they wer making some noise ) so also worried that the bigger turtle does not cause harm to the smaller one...what should i do??

Canon Digital Rebel XSi and Canon Digital Rebel XS comparison?

Is there really much of a difference? which one is better? what Nikon model would either of these be the most similar to? thanks!

Why are there are still fleas on my cats after using frontline?

I applied frontline to my cats three days ago. However, when I comb them I find a few fleas on them. These fleas are very active and don't even seem to be harmed by the frontline. Why is this and what can I do?

How do you handle when other peoples children misbehave or become violent with yours?

My mother remarried and her husbands god children have emotional and developmental problems. No doubt caused by their parents lack of parenting and abuse. Its very difficult to attend family gatherings because they're always invited as well. Some of the problems that have occurred are the god children pulling my children under water and trying to hold them there when swimming. They also punch, use extreme profanity, throw things at other children including my own. I do make comments to them about this behavior, its not nice, someone could get hurt and so on. In the past when making a comment like the above their mother jumped down my throat about how I was saying she was a bad mother and it's not her fault due to the children playing rough with each other at home. I attempted to diffuse the situation and explained no I wasn't saying she is a bad mother merely that her children are being very rough and are going to hurt another child, period. I asked her if she couldn't handle it that she needed to keep them away from mine. I then found her bouncing her chest off of mine in front of a house full of guests and children screaming and threatening to beat me up! I then started getting my kids ready to leave while she followed me around attempting to intimidate me with her threats and jumping in front of me to try to start a fight. She ended up leaving before I did and I left shortly after. The entire scene from that day has me on edge every time a family get together comes up. Now i avoid most but have been catching heat from my family in doing so. My personal view is to talk about the situation and how it can be improved. This can not be done with this women. I hate to avoid family events but to me the stress and possible harm just isn't worth it. Oh, and my mother and step-father use the piss poor excuse that the god children have ADD and when not medicated act out. I myself have ADHD and was diagnosed as a child, my 7 year old son also has ADD without hyperactivity and neither of us have ever acted in a violent way when not medicated. Any suggestions on how to handle the situation would be very helpful!

Color changes after tattoo healing process?

I just got a tattoo and the colors are very vivid (a little too bright than I had in mind actually). I'm wondering if after the healing process they will be a bit more subdued? The colors are sort of a teal and greenish/turquoise.