My 16yr old Son wants to go out tonight in the nearest town with his friends to celebrate leavers day. He says his friends will be drinking but that he won't. I don't really believe that if i'm honest. I haven't been told any details, times, who's going etc.
I'm really torn if i'm honest. I do want him to have a bit of freedom and it's a local tradition. Myself and his Aunties have all done the same and that's probably why i'm worried because I know what we got up to!
He's a sensible boy and gets himself to and from the city every weekend. He's just come back from a week away with his girlfriend and her grandparents where he had to manage a 3hr train journey alone. He doesn't hang around on the streets drinking. I have let him drink a little bit on special occasions. He doesn't really cause much trouble for me except being lazy and his bedroom being a health hazard.
He doesn't have any minutes left on his phone so he wouldn't be able to ring me if there was a problem and me ringing him every 5 minutes isn't going to go down well. He does have form for switching his phone off on occasion.
His grandma lives in the town so he could walk to her house if he had any problems. I'll be at home tonight and I won't be drinking so I can pick him up.
What would you do?