[Marsha]

Originally Posted by Petie

Thank you!! I think I'll combine those two ideas like Marsha said. Just, in front of the others don't engage and then maybe have a nice discussion later. He's 15 and honestly, part of me thinks he LIKES pushing buttons. It's like having a two year old with a massive vocabulary and he's taller now. But it feels like that same fight for independence that a two year old has. You know, saying "no" just to see what happens at 2 yrs. old turns into arguing every detail in the teenage years.

YES!!! (Or at 10 in my daughtter's case LOL) Plus, he wants to feel independent. So acknowledging that why yes in fact he can eat outside the home....defuses that a bit.