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@katrina2017 I made it perfectly clear to him during the initial heated discussion (for lack of better terms) that NO ONE owes him ANYTHING, whether that be an answer to a phone call, a response to a text, a message in a bottle. If someone doesn’t want to respond to him, ESPECIALLY a little...

@katrina2017 Well hear me out, he plays multiple after school sports, stays at friends houses and goes places without me. I work until 5 PM Monday through Friday, and I am his one and only parent. There is one me. If there is an emergency, he needs to be able to contact me directly. If he needs...

@sayyywhat The situation is the latter, unfortunately.

@tammyfish12 I like the documentary idea, because he loves movies. I’m going to search this now. Thank you so much!

@ariesagro I wish I knew. I’m not sure if it’s something on TV, the way he thought was how someone “cool” would respond, etc. I’m going to try and address it in the morning, just the two of us.

@verytroubledbythis Thank you! Just for some context - from the messages I read - he had her number because he had a crush on her. So I’m guessing he asked for it, and she gave it to him. They had conversations on and off for a couple weeks.I read that he asked her about giving his friend a hug...

I was in my son’s room this evening asking him about something I can’t even remember now, and I looked over towards his phone and saw a bunch of “blue” messages in a row. I didn’t think anything of it at first and didn’t think to read the messages. After I thought about it, I asked him who he...

@katrina2017 Thank you so much!

@katrina2017 Since I took his phone, I decided to browse through messages for this reason. I think I’ve pin pointed a couple of “friends” who also match this type of behavior. It will be part of our conversation this morning.

@katrina2017 All electronics have been taken away until he earns them back with changes in behaviors and respectful responses towards others that are genuine and not forced. This is one thing I will not be budging on.

@christianfox Thank you! And don’t get me wrong, he’s not been a sheltered, live under a rock, don’t listen to songs with the “bad words” in them kind of child. I’m very open and honest with him about things that are appropriate for his age and maturity level at that time. But I explain what is...

@woodpecker Thank you so much. I love everything you wrote in your comment, and I will 100% be taking this approach in the morning to address this again, with a calmer demeanor. The reassurance means more than I can put into words right now, because I can’t help but feel like I’m failing when...

I was in my son’s room this evening asking him about something I can’t even remember now, and I looked over towards his phone and saw a bunch of “blue” messages in a row. I didn’t think anything of it at first and didn’t think to read the messages. After I thought about it, I asked him who he...

@imlost Thank you. I feel like I’m failing sometimes, especially instances like this.

@alvaroc That 100% was the first thing I did, and I told him it would be gone indefinitely. I just don’t know how to prevent this type of reaction in the future 😭

I was in my son’s room this evening asking him about something I can’t even remember now, and I looked over towards his phone and saw a bunch of “blue” messages in a row. I didn’t think anything of it at first and didn’t think to read the messages. After I thought about it, I asked him who he...