Yes, he should be glad you have a blog!!

I only have a 5yr. old, and don't know anything, what it feels like to have an adolescent in the house. I am glad you blogged about parenting, b/c I tend to blog about it a lot.

-Amy

Boy, I remember those days. My kids or should I say my adult children are now 23 & 21. I sure do remember some of the things they pulled.

I also remember being mad as H---, ranting and raving and swore I was going to ground them, but when I finally faced them and knew they where alright I changed my tone.

It sounds like your son is very concerned and probably was really going to try to help but at the same time he needs to understand what could have happened to him.

I tried yelling but it only made them tune off to me. I found the best thing to do was to really sit down and talk to them. Even now as they are "adults" talking always gets me further.

Good Luck in however you choose to handle it.

I know this is why we Mothers go gray at a young age.

Hi Vicki,

I too have 15 yr old, so I know what your going through. Sorry i cant offer any advice because not sure what I would do in your situation. I try and talk to him, sometimes he is communicative other times not. At least he talks sometimes- my 16 yr never tells me anything.

Yes at the end of the day you are just glad they are home safe and sound. Maybe the guys who took him thought you knew?

Should I ask how Ryan got on.......did he win?

Good luck........kids dont you love 'em

Mary

My son is 20, almost 21. There have been many times I'd like to take all his clothes so he couldn't leave the house. But talking to him has been the best approach.

My husband keeps saying, "he's an adult now, he has to make his own decisions and learn the consequences himself?" That doesn't make me happy, I 'd like to lock son in the closet till he's 37, too.

To compound the situation, I watch a lot of forensic files type programs and these show how deep in sh*# a person can get. Son doesn't have a clue of possible consequences of his actions, but he's learning from his own 'school of hard knocks' he's designing.

They just don't understand how we worry about them, this began shortly after conception..when we discovered we were pregnant. Of course, we want them to grow up to be independent adults but letting them stumble while learning to walk is difficult for us. We want to give them the benefit of our knowledge to help them avoid the same mistakes we made as teens, but they insist on making their own mistakes.

There's some kind of saying that goes to the effect of hold them closely and with a loose hand....yada, yada, yada. Easier said than done.

This is part of our 'growing up' as parents....learning to let them make their own mistakes, I guess.