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My son doesn't want me interacting with his friends (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by liyah27@lemmy.world to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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I’m a single mother of a 12 year old boy and recently he told me he was gonna have some friends over, but he asked me if I could stay in my room while they hangout. After some arguing I did end up staying in my room for the most part outside of bringing them snacks/drinks. I was kind of hurt because I want to be that cool/friendly mom to my son’s friends and I want to get to know who my son is hanging out with. I’m definitely on the younger end for a mother of a 12 year old since I had him extremely early, so I feel like I’d be less embarrassing than other moms. Any time I’ve offered to chaperone for school events, he’s begged me not to. What should I do? Is this just a phase?

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[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 day ago

It's your house. You shouldn't be made to feel like you can't go to the bathroom, or the kitchen, or check the mail or whatever. If he doesn't want his friends seeing you, he needs to learn how to exist in your space, not force you to relearn how to exist in your own space.