Reply To: Going off the Derech

here to help-So, we didn’t lock my son out on Shabbos, but now he stayed out later than last time. My husband thinks it’s bc we weren’t strong enough, and gave him the ‘freedom’ to come home when he wants, by not locking the door. Of course we told him we understand his need to go out with his friends, but also, when we would like him to come home, and that we should both try to respect eachother’s feelings. But it didn’t work. When he finally did come home, he stayed on his android until it was time to wake up my other kids for school! He probably fell asleep at about 830am, and will probably sleep until 5pm, when he will get up and go out with his chevra, and do a repeat performance. I understand that he is ‘allergic’ to control, but the truth is, I feel completely rediculous that he is in charge of my home, breaking or creating his own rules. He bought this android against our wishes, goes out at night catching signals, downloading/watching who-knows-what, and brings it back into my home. How do I handle this??