Day 24 ~ Truths

Like every Sunday morning, my son had his usual history class today. He connects via webcam for an hour with a friend of mine who is well versed in the subject. He learns by reading some ten pages a week before discussing them with my friend. They follow a book widely used in Spain for his grade. Today I was not awake and when I asked him how it went, he said it went great, he was just a few minutes late. Hours later, I saw a message from my friend saying, "If you can't make it, it is OK, but do let me know." I was upset to find out the wait had been longer than twenty minutes. But what I disliked the most was the half-truth. My son likes to please others, so he resorts to half-truths. Last week we couldn't drop him off at school in the morning and he needed to take the bus. He told us it went well, only to find out from a daily email that he had missed more than half of his first class. I wonder how I can teach him to be more truthful to us. He too wants to be better at that, but he says it is hard. "Perhaps I am like that." I encouraged him saying he could definitely make better choices, but at the same time I recognize we all have traits that are no longer easy to change starting from the teenage years.