Originally Posted by
pravchaw 
In favour of my son - its probably better he say's "I don't know" than lying every time.
I kind of hate to say this, but I think "I don't know" is a bit of a lie still.
But we'll forgive him for it as what he probably means to say and doesn't have the life experience to realize it's ok to say to his parents is simply, "Sorry, but I don't care to share the answer to that with you."
It took me a long time to realize that I could just say, "It's none of your business, mom." It was a wow moment for me.
Once I finally did that when my mom was prying too much though, she stopped asking about things that aren't her business.
I think you're on the right track thinking about your life plans and what you are going to do this week. Very insightful that you mentioned he should be asking you those things.