I'm a good mom, but I'm the mom. I have a 16-year-old son and our life has been turned upside down by a girl.  Her parents seem to have very loose rules for her. The most common words out of my son's mouth are, "If her parents don't care, why do you?" I hear this over and over. 

Back to me being the mom. I played tons of games and sports that I care nothing about, I helped with homework, made snacks, cleaned clothes, took him to church, hugged him and have done all of the mom stuff. 

I even had the nerve to complain to my husband that he was too tough on our son. How dare I do that? I completely begged my husband for forgiveness for all the years that I made these comments. You see our life has been turned upside down and now it's my husband who keeps our testosterone driven child in check. It doesn't faze my husband, when our son says he can't wait to leave or that he will fail out of school if he doesn't get his way. My husband has been a rock. I have seen a complete shift in the family dynamic. I know things will settle down and my boy will have other girlfriends, but I totally respect the toughness "my man" has shown. There was always a reason for it. 

Michele