Teenager that does not want to go along to WDW?

[Nancyg56]

My USD .02

Before the trip, lay down one rule, your teen may not stay at home alone. It is too tempting to hold a crashable party.

Then let your teen decide what he wants to do within that constraint, stay with friends, stay with Grandma, or come to WDW.

But... if your trip is during school days and your teen has something important to him like football or the school play, you should respect his wishes and you arrange to have someone take care of him at home or with transportation.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/disney.htm

That's what we did when my DH nephew, who lived with us, decided that he wanted to stay home. He said that he had already been, so he had no interest in joining us in our family trip. This was a very long time ago when it was only MK and Epcot. Funny how he changed his tune when we listed the relatives that he was welcome to spend 10 days with. I can tell you that he came, and had a great time. Good luck!

 

[powellrj]

a few years ago my oldest DS decided he no longer wanted to go with us. He went as far as signing up for summer school (if you knew how much this kid hated school you would know what a big deal this was) and making his own arrangments to stay with his grandparents. I wasn't worth the fight to make him go. He is really good at creating drama that he drags everyone into. He is now an adult and he still thanks me for not making him go on vacation with us those last few years.