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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]does sneaky mean he's scared of you and trying to avoid disappointing you and thus getting a lecture?  The lyft example sounds less like a sneaky kid and more like a kid who doesn't want to get reamed by him mother again.[/quote]

This. I am guilty of this. DS was lying to us to avoid getting yelled at. I accept my part in that scenario and have tried to back off. Still hard to hold myself back. I hate that he's basically wasting a good education by not trying very hard. But he stopped lying about things when I stopped unloading on him for it.

Agree that getting a Lyft to school means he solved a problem. If he used a Lyft to go buy drugs, now THAT's a real problem. Give him a debit card for the next time he needs to rescue himself from a screw-up. Know that it will happen again.

PPs who brought up making the comparison to DH at the same age. Yes, he was an underachiever in HS, but wishes his parents had pushed him more academically. Still - he went to a good university and then earned two masters degrees. Not sure if people can still do that these days??  At any rate, I'm OK with DS being a coach in his sport, which is his most likely career path.[/quote]

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