HE WANTS YOU. TAKE TIME OUT AND SPEND SOME TIME W/ HIM. TALK TO HIM. MATERIAL THINGS MEAN NOTHING.YOU GET HIM EVERYTHING HE WANTS BUT YOU. YOUR A SINGLE PARENT AND YOU WORK ALL THE TIME I CNA UNDERSTAND THAT BUT HE WANTS TO SPEND TIME W/ MOMMY. ALOT OF TIMES SINGLE PARENTS OR PARENTS IN GENERAL THINK THAT WHEN THEIR CHILDREN GET OLDER THEY SHOULD BE MORE INDEPENDENT AND YOU CAN UN ROLL YOUR LEASHES A BIT. BUT WHEN THEY START GETTING OLDER THAT'S THE TIME YOU NEED TO TIGHTEN UP ON THE LEASH. DON'T THREATEN HIM TO SEND HIM TO BOARDING SCHOOL. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES? IT VALIDATES WHAT HE ALREADY THINKS, THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED. NOW OF COURSE YOU ARE A HARD WORKING PARENT THAT WANTS THE BEST FOR HER CHILD BUT TAKE IT FROM ME THAT'S NOT WHAT GOES THROUGH THEIR HEADS.PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND HIM AND REASSURE HIM THAT YOU LOVE HIM.LET HIM SLEEP W/ YOU SOMETIMES. EVENTUALLY YOUR GOING TO BE THE ONE YEARNING FOR THE ATTENTION.TAKE IT FORM A SINGLE MOTHER. SPEND MORE TIME BEING A MOTHER INSTEAD OF BEING THE MOTHER AND THE FATHER. IT'S SOMETHING WE JUST CAN'T DO. LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR HIM TO COME TO YOU AND NOT HIS FRIENDS ALL THE TIME THAT'S WHERE WE MAKE MISTAKES. I HOPE THIS HELPS.