I live remotely in a small village half hour from town. My son likes to spend most of his time their skating and hanging out with his friends. His school is also another half hour from town and home. He's currently in year 10. I'm a single working parent. I mostly get home an hour before he gets back from school.
My problem is my son just wants to go into town everyday and all weekend often sleeping over with friends. I want him to study for his GCSE'S and have a healthy dinner. The distance means he loses a lot of time in travel plus study/eat, then me driving him into town - 2 hrs have gone and it's almost time to come home again. How can I juggle this as it's either a crazy schedule for me or he's missing going out and resenting me and therefore not really focusing on his revising?
He has been going into town directly from school, but then he's not been doing his revision and he's having a late dinner, and snacking on junk food in town.
How can I make us both happy?