Hi
I'm having difficulties with son who has just turned 15.
His mum (my ex-wife) committed suicide last year and although son seems to be coping I'm not getting much respect it honesty from him. He has two younger siblings who are my biological kids but 15yr old is from another relationship of his mum's but I adopted him when he was 2. He is coming up to do his prelims (mocks) but has shown no signs of revision but claims he does revise but happens to be when I'm not in house! He quit a paper round he had in morning saying it was tiring him out at school and not helping but I suspect he might have been sacked from the paper round. Despite making sure he's in bed promptly he stays awake til 11. He spends time playing games in the pc and Xbox and doesn't have screen time after agreeing with school counsellor that should try not having screen time. He finds the idea of screen time and WiFi curfew controlling and seems to think any rules are unfair.
I'm finding the relationship tricky as he's not listening and is always being a smartarse which really gets my back up. Any ideas on how to deal with it? How do I get him to study and not lie about doing it when hasn't?
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chrisski33 · 11/12/2019 00:26
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