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ah thanks everyone there are some really good suggestions. Lol @ the teens not getting up much before 4ish. Thanks for reminding me I had forgotten about how long they can sleep for!! So thats a good plan letting them stay up late then they sleep till lunchtime at least.
He is more interested in what his girlfriend is doing more than anything at the mo. He has a paid bus pass for over the hoildays so he can get around. He just plays football with the guys around the area more than going anywhere with them.
I had a job at 12!! so didnt have this problem myself!0 -
My son is 14, hardly ever off the xbox and no interest in girls at the moment!
This is the first time I've had to work in school holidays, DH has two weeks off. I am self employed so I have taken a week off and we will all go away for 5 nights during that time. My Mum will be popping in and will take the 12 year old out and do some jobs for me. The latest I work is 2pm anyway but it feels wrong to be out of the house so much when they are on holiday.“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” - Dave Ramsey0 -
My ds is 15 and he's left to his own devices when I'm working. He has a certain amount of money each day for if he goes out and I always make sure there's £20 in the 'emergency pot' should he be unexpectedly invited into town, the cinema etc.
I have to say that my biggest concern/fear is what might happen if he has a girlfriend round :eek:Some people see the glass half full, others see the glass half empty - the enlightened are simply grateful to have a glass
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bright_side wrote: »I have to say that my biggest concern/fear is what might happen if he has a girlfriend round :eek:
If they are at that 'stage' then they are less likely to be rushed and make a mistake if they are home alone all day.
Probably not ideal and I'll probably change my mind when mine get older, but if they are going to do it they are going to do it and better it's somewhere safe and warm than rushed somewhere where there's more chance of a mistake.0 -
I completley agree GobbledyGook, I just dread having a girls parent knocking on my door saying 'your son did such and such to my daughter' if you know what I mean!!Some people see the glass half full, others see the glass half empty - the enlightened are simply grateful to have a glass0
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I know..... hence the worries of what to do with him!! I have made it one of the rules no girls in when I am not home and he knows the consquence, that she will not be allowed in at all if it is broken. Teens do have a habbit of pushing those bounderies whatever they are.
Think it may be worth paying out abit and putting him in football training a few days a week, which he wants to do. It is that all getting my hair dyed every week from the worry:eek: lol0
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