Too little too late?

[CRW]

So, the past 24 hours have been eventful.

Yesterday morning I found out I have a torn MCL. Makes GAL much more difficult!

Then took S15 to the dentist in the afternoon. Found out he has 16 cavities! Immediately he blamed it on WAW for not getting him to the dentist in time. I told him that was crap and he needed to brush his damn teeth. Well, that lead into a huge conversation about how he can’t stand his mom and she does this and she does that and never has time for him. S15 has had some issues with telling the truth, so I suspected some of what he said was valid, and some wasn’t.

So I called WAW and basically told her what S15 told me, in a very calm non- accusatory manner. It went fairly well, but didn’t seem like she was willing to be very accountable for her part. Anyway, after the conversation was over, she thanked me for sharing that with her.

Later on she sent me this text:

‘Jaden has told me many things tonight and the bottom line is he feels he can do more stuff when with anyone else. He feels you let him go to more things with his friends and don't ask questions. He said he doesn't have as many chores and you don't harp on him to do anything. This is my house and i have rules. He is a 15 year old teenager who has proven he can't always be trusted. He told me i am the reason he gets in trouble at school, I'm the reason he has an attitude and gets frustrated easily. He is taking no responsibility for his actions.
I want the best for him. His grades are terrible. I don't know what to do.’

That end line was the first time in many months she has let herself be vulnerable to me in a long time.

So late last night I responded with, ‘What do you think we should do?’

This morning she asked me if I would have time to talk today. I am a little nervous about the conversation. I have no idea what her motives are. Call is coming up here in 10 minutes.

Any thoughts?