Compared to other messages on this board my 'problem' is tiny, but so far I have not managed to resolve it.
My son is fifteen, and he's a good, easy, mature boy.
When he goes away - like to a friend, to his father, to the games workshop- I ask him to let me know that he has arrived safely, so I don't have to worry. All I want him to do is send me a text. I bought him a phone for that purpose, but he doesn't do it.
I've had many talks with him about this already. He thinks I'm exaggerating, because nothing will happen to him anyway. Of course he has a point; it is unlikely that anything will happen, but he also has dyspraxia and is consequently not very good at crossing roads, so I do worry when he is out on his own. I reckon that it is a tiny effort to send a text and put my mind at ease, but he probably forgets all about that as soon as I am out of his sight...
Do other parents expect their teenagers to let them know that they are okay and safe? Or do others let their teens go out all day without any contact?
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Son does not text/call when he is out.
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Tau · 21/12/2012 15:17
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