You could offer S15 the choice to go to IC.

MC and that decision is not his, it's his parents between them, and he should know this. So you may want to question why he is raising this with his mom. Mom may feel you have put him up to it.

You can't force him to respect his mom, and by telling him how to feel and think you invalidate. That is different from boundaries on behaviour which are your concern, but he sounds like a sane 15 year old. He may find IC very valuable, and if you wish that can then be extended to FC, you and he only if mom won't be included.

Go hug your son and have one on one dad time.

V


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V 64, WAW