Being a single parent and raising a teenage son comes with many trials.... Single moms sometimes feel "guilty" or are made to feel guilty because they can't buy... the expensive things their kids desire...

I fell in that trap when my son was a teen.. But he was also busy acting out which even put me on a bigger guilt trip.. So, I did buy the $120 shoes and the $100 jeans.. The T at the time wasn't much help as he kept making suggestions for me to take him to the arcade and movies and kept me doing things for my son.... I started hating quarters lol.. Now I collect em.. lol. The pressure of trying to please this kid got the best of me... Not only financially but aslo emotionally.... I am sure the type of therapy my son was in only contributed to or enabled my son for years of acting out...

..it was odd, when I went to the groc store and saw one of his friends working as a cashier to help his mother that was recently divorced... I should have told my son to get a part time job in the summer, instead of running to Kings Dominon and Hershey Park... lol.... Oh man those years... shakes me finger at myself at how "stupid" I was....... So bottom line... you can't let the kids make you feel bad with what you can afford... If you do, you will only raise a spoiled brat... My son now is 25 and looks for bargains lol.... duh on me and all that money wasted on designer clothes...