What should I do in this situation with my son?
I recently found out through my son’s cousin that my son (14) has recently been drinking a lot with some of his friends. I honestly have no idea what to do or how I should do it, this actually started maybe a month ago, my son was staying with his aunt and uncle and his cousin (ironically, the one who told me what was happening) were caught drinking the uncle’s beer. I thought it was maybe just a one time thing, all I did was tell him how disappointed I was in him, and I grounded him. I guess what shocks me the most was his mother was an alcoholic, that’s why I left his mother (and him, up until last year) and because of that his mother was abusive towards him and she’d hit him and stuff. I’m really worried that he might have picked up him mom’s addiction or something. My son already goes to counseling and I tell him all the time he can talk to me about anything. When I first found out about it me and him talked to his counselor about it, and he said he wouldn’t do it again. He has been through kind of a lot but I don’t think that’s an excuse for his behavior. What should I do? Should I confront him? Punish him? Talk to him some more? (I talked to him the first time and he just freaked out on me, I think I made it worse) Any advice?
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