What do I do? My 16 year old son wants to live with his dad?

I think that if you rich enough to buy him a motorcycle and a car and not need child support then you got life good and you shouldnt be compianing and if you really love your son let him go man and mabey hell come back

STOP! You are a strong woman who has held up her own ever since you have divored that good for nothing man!!! YOU anre the PARENT NOT your CHILD!!! You have to give it to him straight! tell him the truth of the situation and stop caring so much about his feelings. Yes he needs to get a JOB before a motercycle JUST AS YOU SAID. My parents divored when I was a baby, and I KNOW that I would be a messed up child if I wasn’t raised by my mother. YOU are the mother and YOU know what is right for your child. But the best you can do is give him advice. It is ultimatly up to him to make the dicision. OH! and don’t be soft on your ex, because he sure as hell won’t be soft on you from the looks of it. GOOD LUCK!!! :))

“He may love it over there and never return except for visits.”

Why would you want to get in the way of his happiness? Thats selfish AND he can make his on decisions anyhow. Plus his dads buying him a motercycle so wont he need the child support after that anyhow? Maybe if you bought your son a motercycle and you really needed the support than your ex would pay? Anyhow why should he have to pay?

well im 15. if I were your son I would probably feel better knowing you cared by talking to me about it. discuss things maybe in the summer[s] he sees you or vice versa? this way if he doesnt like his father, he doesnt have to perminantly stay. I dont really know how much help that was but thats what I think would be best thats what I would do.

I am a mother of 2 stepsons. we are in a custody battle with the mother. Everything in this relationship has to be neutral. Child support has nothing to do with the child. He is 16 and is considered an emancipated minor. Which means if you went to court the judge would ask him questions regarding where he wanted to live and why. I honestly dont think its just about an motorcycle but curiousity of what it would be like to live with the other parent. At his age they need their fathers for guidance that a mother cannot give. My 16yr old stepson wants to live with us because he is learning from his father in ways that he needs too. You have to remember he is going through tons of changes which a mother cannot understand. So if he wants to live with his father, its nothing against you its something he probably wants to understand from a male point of view. They also push limits and try do new things with their friends, but like in my case he listens to his father regarding rules. So maybe really think about what is in the best interest of him, and not put any personal feelings in the way