I have a question please tell me the truth

[DaMadman]

Originally posted by Mil Dot
I don't know that you could get to wound up on the child. While he's getting to the age to accept this responsibility IMO it's a habitual thing. Do you call him if you're apart to let him know you're breaking a regular pattern ie you normally get home at 5pm but today you have a couple of errands which will cause you to be home at 6pm instead? Do you call your spouse and let her know and does she share that info with the child? Training, repetition, consistancy and being a role model.

My daughter is a 13 yr old work in progress ... wish me luck.

yep we do try to do that, letting him know if we are going to be running late picking him up from someplace. But long story short. We told him last night that we are going to remind him more often and I told my Grandparents that he is supposed to call if they are going to be gone for more than an hour or two so hopefully with the reminding and telling my Grandparents once again, between the three of them they will remember to call before they leave the house for an all day funfest. Personally I do not worry or call there during the day, because it is where I stayed when I was a kid and it just doesn't worry me that much but if my son spends the night my wife likes to call and checkin and talk to him the next day and if she calls and doesn't get an answer on the phone for more than an hour or two it worries her to death. So hopefully the probelm is resolved and my son will learn that he needs to call his Momma before him and my grandparent leave for a day of fun. hehehehehe

might as well get him started now so he will have it in his head that he needs to call if he's going to be late coming home as a teenager