Hi, I’m new here. I have joined to try and understand what is happening with my son. Over the past 12 months we have noticed he has become angry, and very disrespectful. Swearing and yelling at us when we ask him to do anything. He has always been very well liked at school by his teachers, they always had nothing but good things to say about him and his character, but lately we are getting calls from school that he is being disrespectful towards teachers now. Just got suspended for telling a teacher to F off. He has started demanding more freedoms, we have never let him out after dark. But he is now wanting to stay at friends houses, some of these kids haven’t had the best upbringing, so they can go out all night and do whatever they like. Something he throws in our faces, that ‘his friends can do it’ he should be able to as well . And he says we are too strict and overprotective. I recently found weed in his room. Something i never thought he would do, it was completely shocking to us. We feel we have lost all trust in him. He swears he has only smoked it twice. Is this normal behaviour for a 15yr old? (Obviously not the weed, but the behaviour issues? Hormones?) Should we seek professional help? We have mentioned to him we could maybe see a councillor together, but he flat out refuses, and flies off the handle. He does play soccer 3 times a week. Hates school, but we are currently trying to enrol him into trade college for next year. I’m just worried sick he will take the wrong path in life, and we will lose him. I feel we have failed him. We did something wrong along the way. We are a stable home, 2 parents, has aunts, uncles and grandparents around him. I’m at a loss.
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