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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teen son has started to make some changes in his friend group and it's concerning. He was friends with a great group of kids all through elem and middle school, but suddenly has some new friends. From what I can see in their conversations online, these are not good kids, and they're influencing my son in negative ways. I've talked to him about it and shared my concerns and called him out on some things (with consequences), but how do I steer him away from these guys? Feels impossible. Any advice? I'm getting scared about the path he seems to trying to head down.[/quote]

I've always told my kid to make me the " bad" guy so he could get out of situations that he didnt want to get into.  It was less embarrassing and he coukd save face.[/quote]

Once they hit high school, unless they are purposely choosing to stay on the right path, this doesn't matter.  Sounds like OP's kid thinks it's cooler to hang out with these kids.  Most kids that gravitate towards the bad kids so late usually have self esteem issues.  Not feeling smart enough as their old peers doing high classes, not as athletic, etc....  The bad kids will always take on anyone willing to do dumb stuff with them.  Many of them are from broken homes and have had tough lives and honestly tend to be sad kids with a lot of issues and realize they may peak in high school and have a hard adult life.  I find the bullies to be in other crowds, not that type of crowd.   So being friendly with them is okay as long as you don't go down a bad path with them and that is hard not to.  When the group that makes you feel kinda welcome wants you to start smoking, stealing, sneaking etc... then it's tough to say no.  [/quote]

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