I do not understand this. Last night I casually asked SS if he thought about his plans after high school. He's 13 and has plenty of time to decide but I was curious. He said yes he wants to go to college and he gave me his top choices for school. His number one choice I knew. It's the college DH attended. However the other two were a surprise so I asked him why he chose those schools. He said he didn't know. So I asked him if he had an idea of what kind of degree he wanted. He said no. So I asked him if he had an idea of what kind of profession he wanted to go into and he started crying and bolted to his room. I could completely understand if I was being mean or yelling or interogating him but it was just a general conversation.

DH said he has had similar experiences with SS. He told SS that his report card was okay. All passing. 3 As 2 Bs and 2 Cs. DH told him that he thought he could do better and would like for him to try for at least B average. He said SS started crying. I asked DH if he was being mean and he said no. He said SS started crying last week when he told him that if he intended to play football again this fall that he should probably begin conditioning now so he'll be ready to play in the fall.

DH said and I quote "I am so damn sick of his crying over everything. What does he want? For me to treat him like some damn delicate flower?"

I don't get it...what's with all the crying?