Teenagers can be hard to handle, and that’s what every parent of one can agree on. Those years are fragile and the youngsters believe the world belongs to them. They often refuse to accept advice and believe they know everything.

A mom of a 16-year-old experienced this, just as many other parents in her position. Her son misbehaved. He was quite difficult at times, pushing every limit. Until one day, when he told his mom he wanted to spend the summer with his grandmother – his mom’s mother – an old woman with a fragile health who was disabled and was getting help from a caregiver.

The son assured his mom he would be taking care of his grandmother so that he could bond with her and they could save some money on the caregiver.

The mom was over the moon. Was this a sign that her son finally matured? She hoped so, so she allowed him to move in with his grandma for the summer.

Things felt great, until the woman received a call from her mother one day. Whispering, the old woman said, “Come save me from your son.”

But before she could respond anything, the grandmother hung up the phone.

“What is going on,” the woman thought to herself as she got inside her car and started driving towards her mother’s place.

The drive seemed like an eternity. She though about her son and her mother and recalled some details that she had missed; his smooth explanations on the phone when she’s call her son to check on his grandma, his insistence that they had to get rid of the caregiver. The mom believed it was him becoming smarter and more compassionate, but now, it was obvious she was very wrong.