From my seat, the convo sucked. There's a lot of psych that points to either direction. Either be the dad or back off and let SS14 and his mom figure this out.
The question that I would have is, how important is SS14's emotional well being, to you?
There's a reason why organizations like big brother exist. For teens who are going through life's challenges who need support...
So I'd say be there for him, and do what you can to support him, without getting in the way of his R with his mom.
