DEAR AMY: We want to have one last family vacation before our oldest son, a high school senior, goes off to college and work. ... We’ve suggested a variety of vacations, but he says no to everything.
). I’ll be back next week. Today’s “Best of” topic from 10 years ago is: Family vacation.
We don’t want him to have the power to quash vacation plans, yet spending good money on a kid who is likely to sulk and be grumpy the whole time isn’t appealing either. What do you think we should do?DEAR NO: I agree with you that leaving your son home alone is out of the question. Because of his attitude, you should assume that your last fun family vacation happened last summer. Enjoy those memories.
Teenagers have a strong need to be with their peers. By having a friend along, he can get his peer “fix “and still spend time with family. Your suggestion about cheerful planning of other family activities was spot on but leave out the “we are boxed into your brattiness” lecture. My response would have been, “We are going and that includes you. Period. If this is too difficult for you to understand, then you can kiss your car keys, electronic devices and social life goodbye for some time.”
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