I’m a single mom to a 13 year old teen and we live in a bad area. I work two jobs to pay the bills. I’m currently a barista and at night I’m a dancer/stripper at a nightclub. I haven’t really told him about my night job yet, since I’ve just played it off as being a waitress. I feel like he’s gotten kind of mature now, but I also am kind of scared he might judge me or it might affect our relationship.
Don’t tell him. Just a bad idea all around for a kid that age to have the stigma at school if that gets out, which it likely will.
Not telling him will not prevent it from getting out. Him hearing about it at school is worse than him hearing it from the parent.