Hello! I am a single Mom of 2. I am having a problem with my teenage son. He wants to go live with his dad. His dad has not been in the picture for the last 9-10 years. He has visitation rights but chooses not to use them. Seems like he sees his son when his son calls him or one of his other children calls our son. Any help here??

Is this a recent decision on your sons part?

Was there something in paticular that triggered this?

I have a teenage daughter so I understand, but usually they want to go live with the other parent when things aren't going their way at home. What they don't understand is that the grass is not greener on the other side.

When my daughter has acted up and I either wanted her to stay with her dad or she wanted it, we all sat down and talked about it. He told her right up front that it is not going to be no picinic over at his house. That he will tolerate nothing from her. I am sure part of this was because he didn't want to be f/t dad, but still it tuned her up.