But because of the inter-communal tensions here, it has become politicized.

If a tragic event happened in their life at a specific time the growth could have stopped at that point.A therapist allows you to flex your mental muscle and break the legacy of bad habits from the past.We all pick up good habits and bad habits from our parents.The goal is too get rid of the bad with better solutions and keep or refine the good things to make better.Your son needs to change his environment.I wish you all the best and will pray for you.

@William Hochstedler  the tension was more because he brought two friends, unannounced and not introduced, plus he was dressed in all out drug dealer fashion as if uncloaking from the appearance he had presented to me previously.

There's no sense in causing tension between you and your tenant over something that sounds like they had no control over.

We are all very fortunate to live in this great countryHere is a nice quote:You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.

Boy, I can't tell you how many times a tenant would bring in their dad or mom to view the property with them, and then at the signing of the lease, try to put the muscle on me.  

Plus, I'd have to hire someone with wheels and muscles to transport it - that's $75-100.....Thanks for the suggestion though.

Are there any high-tension power lines in the area or other power supplies, which may interfere with, radio, TVs, etc.?

Know what to say and how to say it takes much of the tension out of conversations. 

Speculation Question: Does this indicate an ever-weakening surface tension of the Bay Area bubble?