Growing Up

I am really struggling with allowing my oldest son(13) to grow up and beyond me.  I feel like he is reaching the point where he no longer looks to me to be the guiding influence in his life.  Now I know that this a normal growth point but I can’t help but feel like I am no longer important in his life.  I know this really has nothing to do with DD but it does have to do with my life and I know that I am not the only mom who has had to go through this.    J and I have knocked heads over this a few times, not to the point of discipline but I have come to realize that as long as I was the main guiding voice for the children it was good but when that was no longer the case I began to question every decision that he makes in regards to our son.  I am fighting for control of it even though I know it’s not for the best.

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