Really please take this next line personally.
It is in regards to his loser friends comment.
But honestly go fuck yourself.
You are 100 percent your child's problem. Get your head out of your ass. Stop beating your son into submission, and start cherishing the things he is good at. You after all taught him to act the way he does, now start using positive praise to bring him along in a positive direction.
Only a total asshole has the mox to call kids losers. I'm a total asshole. I enjoy being a total asshole. Yet even I refuse to call kid's losers. Got no problem with calling parents losers.
I sure as hell hope to christ you aren't saying that crap around your son, or anyone else in the world. No one needs to be subjected to that sort of verbal abuse. Not only do you confess to beating him into submission you refer to his friends as losers. What do you think your son thinks he is in your eyes then?
I'm all about helping parents. But you have absolutely no right to be a parent if you continue your prevailing attitude. Find a relative who can do your job for you. Do what is right for your son and let someone else unravel the damage you keep inflicting on your child.
I've had it with YOU. You think "friends" who sell my son pot and cigs at school and encourage him to skip class are "good" friends?
I'm calling "ASSHOLE" on you.
Sorry, everyone else.
I think both of you have valid points. TSW, is an asshole... but I don't necessarily thinking you should be calling your kid's friends "losers"... what would some other parents say about your kid?
Besides. Kids who are called "losers", become "losers". Why? If you have a bad rap you might as well make it fit.
What does your son see them as? If your son sees them as friends... That's hard to change. The more control you try to exert over him regarding his friends, the more you will make him want to hang around with them. He's at a stage in his life when he is trying to assert his independance/identity... and teens don't always do that in the best way.
My advice... and i don't expect you to take it: Try and guide, rather than control him.