So, we have a DS, 16. Always been the stay under the radar, no problem type. Quite lazy, just does what he has to in terms of school but no bother really. Always quite shy, quiet but also had friends and generally a good kid. He’s at 6th form, doesn’t really like it, but never liked school that much. No idea what he wants to in life. He is home mostly but goes out with his mates locally regularly. He went out on Thursday with mates, just walking and chatting, for most of the day. Also went out the day after, told us the mates he was meeting said they were going to play football at local playing field.
I went out later and passed his group of mates all walking. DS not with them. When I got back he wasn’t home. We checked where his phone was. It was on an estate a couple of miles away. The only friend he has there that we know of is a girl he had an on,off romance with last year. Fair enough we thought, maybe they’re back on again. When he got home, I said hi, what have you been up to? He insisted he’d been playing football with his mates. I told him I’d seen them and he clammed up. He won’t tell us anything. We know he’s not being truthful but why? We don’t have any problem with him seeing this girl or anyone else but the way he’s clammed up is a bit worrying. Do we leave it or push it? We don’t have many confrontations, mainly room tidying. Is this worth making an issue of? The point is, he is lying and that’s hard to take.