Blake

Yeah.

They are aware of the situation.

My mom has said that when she's around the girlfriend who she's met, she's great, and she claims that she doesn't leave them alone in person, which... I'm not worried about that.

I'm not entirely sure.

I think a lot of it is the communication restrictions that may come with divorced parents where...

If she has a phone with him, then she knows that she's able to communicate with him.

I know that she said that she's been on his social media pages before, but this current TikTok account, it's one of those private ones where you don't have your parent on there to see what you post.

Yeah, I agree with that.

Would you recommend when that conversation does happen, is that something that I should have one-on-one with him, or should I include my parents with those discussions?

clear understanding of before i had any discussions with him is understanding where the conversation boundary stops with me as a brother and starts with me as a parent because i have my own feelings of how social media is used nowadays and i also have a one-year-old of my own and i don't want to project what my own boundaries will be for my son when he's 16 onto him because

then I'd be filling the role of my parents.

Yeah, I think that's a great idea.

Yeah, that makes sense.

Yeah, I understand.

Yeah.

And letting your mom... Well, you bring up a great point.

I think that's actually something that

It may even be beneficial for my brother to hear also.

Yeah, I guess the next question I would have is preparing myself for the relationship with him after the conversation is had because, I mean, every 15-year-old loves to hear the words, they're wrong, and I think you should do something different.

So how did I approach him afterwards?