IB, your son is almost 18?? What exactly do you think you can "force" if you H were to ask? Just how would you go about forcing an 18 year old to do something?

I just want to know so I can bottle that and sell it smile

I agree completely with the others. When it comes to teaching the child anything, your time for that is over. The only thing you can do now is lead by example. Take the high road, and treat him with respect and as a mother. Let the rest work itself out between him and his father. It won't be fun nor easy, but it will be what it is...and it will be how it should be. Don't get in the way.

AJ


"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK
Put the glass down...
"Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."