My big little boy

Next month is school graduation for the offspring. By then, he has completed the ninth grade, which means that from the next school year onwards, his schooling is voluntary.

I have tried to get his teenage brain to understand that from that moment on the teachers will demand more of him because he is there of "free will". We will support and help him make the transition from compulsory education to voluntary education.

As a parent, you always want to help a little too much, which usually leads to hindering them instead of helping them.