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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 56875" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Mikey, I understand how you feel--we went through the same thing with our son. </p><p></p><p>The last trip we "forced" on him, when he was about 14, was a 4th of July. We tried our darndest to get him involved to the point of surprising him, midway through the road trip, with an electric scooter--something he had always wanted. We made sure we booked a site at an RV resort that was "family oriented" so that there would be lots of teens about, and there were. Despite all our efforts, he spent most of his time in our motor home, playing video games and watching movies. The real clincher was when the very impressive fireworks display began, and he refused (quite politely) to come out and watch. That was a low moment for us, having to accept that the little boy we used to know who wouldn't have missed those fireworks for ANYTHING was gone. </p><p></p><p>On a brighter note, a woman I know who's in her 70's and has a great relationship with her son NOW told me a story that's stuck with me. After several years of a very stormy relationship with her son, she and her husband planned a special good-bye outing right before he left home for college. This was a horse-ride culminating in a picnic. The son was TOTALLY underwhelmed by the plan but very reluctantly went along with it. She said that he was glum and uncommunicative during the entire half-day outing, never expressed any interest or pleasure, and didn't even bother to say thanks after they returned home. Yet recently, twenty years after the fact, during a conversation, her son reminded her of that day and told her that it was one of the MOST enjoyable memories he had of his teen years. Go figure...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 56875, member: 1835"] Mikey, I understand how you feel--we went through the same thing with our son. The last trip we "forced" on him, when he was about 14, was a 4th of July. We tried our darndest to get him involved to the point of surprising him, midway through the road trip, with an electric scooter--something he had always wanted. We made sure we booked a site at an RV resort that was "family oriented" so that there would be lots of teens about, and there were. Despite all our efforts, he spent most of his time in our motor home, playing video games and watching movies. The real clincher was when the very impressive fireworks display began, and he refused (quite politely) to come out and watch. That was a low moment for us, having to accept that the little boy we used to know who wouldn't have missed those fireworks for ANYTHING was gone. On a brighter note, a woman I know who's in her 70's and has a great relationship with her son NOW told me a story that's stuck with me. After several years of a very stormy relationship with her son, she and her husband planned a special good-bye outing right before he left home for college. This was a horse-ride culminating in a picnic. The son was TOTALLY underwhelmed by the plan but very reluctantly went along with it. She said that he was glum and uncommunicative during the entire half-day outing, never expressed any interest or pleasure, and didn't even bother to say thanks after they returned home. Yet recently, twenty years after the fact, during a conversation, her son reminded her of that day and told her that it was one of the MOST enjoyable memories he had of his teen years. Go figure... [/QUOTE]
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