My teen hates Tik Tok, Instagram and Facebook. He’s a bloody straight up savage on Twitter though
. He’s part of a fandom. They use Twitter, Discord and Reddit. He’s an ‘ally’ for absolutely everything. He’s regularly involved in BLM, LGBTQI, and Mental Health advocacy. We have discussions often about anything that he’s experiencing but so far it’s just been a fairly regular stroll into puberty. His brothers were the same. They are very secure in their sense of self thankfully.
Out of all of them the one I have some struggles with is the eldest because our personalities clash. He’s very stubborn, head strong, spoilt (by me, totally my fault) and unwilling to compromise so we’ve always butted heads. Though on the big things such as his career and life choices, he’s taken the guidance and gone with it. I’m currently blocked by him for 80th thousand time because my middle one had a work thing happen that was amazing and I made the mistake of saying ‘look at your brother, isn’t this fab?’ and the minute I said it, I knew within the hour he would see his arse. They are all spoilt
The low key rivalry is something else. To look at them your think they were these big lads that are kicking life about like a paper bag. But the umbilical cord is ever present
(I wouldn’t mind but the eldest this week embarked on something truly amazing with his job also. Fortunately the younger two are less violative and haven’t cancelled me for getting excited about it. He’ll unblock me in 7-10 working days. Then it will be back to business as usual. He’s a gobshite, but my gobshite
for now anyway, until he eventually settles with just one woman instead of several.)
) or spend the day in isolation. No pencil case, you can exchange your phone for one for the day etc etc. But yes, a week into a new term is way too soon to be spending the day in iso due to behaviour. Still love you though Seb 
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