[Cherie]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

My son is 14 and I have been very, very lucky with him so far. No major angsty boy drama, he's just a generally good kid. I have friends with similar aged boys and girls and they have been a nightmare. I do have a rule which luckily he has complied with and that currently is no tech upstairs. I don't watch much TV so his PS5 is in the living room and if he's on his phone its in their too and he leaves his phone downstairs when he goes to bed so even though I don't snoop through his phone and don't always hear what he is watching, I am pretty confident he is not taking the piss. Whenever there are news reports about dangerous or dodgy TikTok trends, we discuss them (or I discuss them and he rolls his eyes at me lol). Obviously when he is out and about or at friends houses I don't know what he's up to particularly but his friends are a pretty good bunch of kids.

I think in part I've been lucky with him that his personality is as it is and he's a generally good kid, coupled with mutual respect and trust has been the way to go on the parenting front with me. He can been a cheeky little git and loves a good swear when he thinks I'm not listening but I thank god i got a good one

honestly Annie, he is a credit to you, in the main I think most boys are like this, having brought up two boys myself and interacted with their friends and friends parents they were all pretty respectful and normal, not sure where all these feral boys are coming from, do they exist? I am sure they do in small measure just like they always have done