DS finished GCSEs 2 weeks ago, he did a school-organised beach activities course last week & is now on holiday until September.
We have discussed him getting a summer job several times - he has something big he is saving for - but now the time has come he just refuses to discuss it with me, saying he 'needs time to think about it.'
He thinks I am nagging him, and I am, I want him to learn some independence and not spend the next 2 months playing FIFA on X box.
I work, and have offered to help him get a job either a casual one or with one of my clients, but everything i suggest he says "I wouldn't enjoy that."
I'm at my wits' end. He gets a tiny amount of pocket money and I have told him now he is 16 he has to buy everything he wants apart from school essentials himself.
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How can I encourage very shy 16 yo ds to get summer job
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Merguez · 02/07/2015 20:02
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