Just for poops and giggles.....the more I think about this.....the moreI wonder how this differs from say your son bringing home a girlfriend of a different race (insofar as leaving him to make his own life decisions).

I wouldn't set him up with her.....but at 16....is he old enough to make that decision on his own? Would I empower him in this decision, though? Let him use the car? Give him some spending cash? etc...?

Totally different subject....but the answers to each are likely relative.

Is he old enough at 16 to make these decisions for himself?

Remember....it isn't about me.