I have a 14 yr old son who didn't have a good start in life. His father and I divorced when he has 4 and he was basically living in 2 homes.
Despite the bad start he turned out to be a well balanced, gentle person. When he was younger I made it a point that he knows that he can tell me everything. Apart from being his mum I was as he says now, his best friend. I never yelled or smacked him as a child. We have arguments now but it starts and ends with a conversation not a screaming match.
What I am a little afraid of is, our closeness.
He hardly hangs out with his mates, he is always at home! I so want him to have a life outside our home. Like tonight for instance he was invited by friends to go to an Indie night in our town hall. I told him to go but he said no, that it was dangerous out there with people being stabbed and arguments breaking out in town so late at night. My point is it is not late they go home at about 11. THe only time they are out is on Fridays when they go to the cinema, and he can't wait to go back home!
What is wrong with my son??
