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It is like my son does not trust me with respect to anything I tell him about hockey, and yet overtime I have been proven right - for example last night he was playing goal and he has gotten it into his head that he can get completely dressed by himself - so he goes to tie up his skates and he only pulls the top lace enough to make a bow - so i tell him that is not going to work very well and I asked him if I could help him by tieing the skates - I get told in no uncertain terms that he likes his skates like that and he'll be fine. So he gets on the ice, it was like watching a timbit player learn how to skate. he then gets home from practice and tells my wife that he had no fun because of his skates were too loose. It is like he feels i know nothing from nothing and he has no trust of me.....
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There may be another issue going on here. Do the other players on your son's team tie their own skates? Your son might be trying to show that he's grown up and can take care of his equipment, especially if the other kids are doing the same.
One of my most embarrassing moments as a kid (I can't remember the exact age, maybe 10 or 11) was when I was in the locker room getting dressed before a game. One of my teammates walked in and said (in a loud voice so everyone could hear), "Hey MarchHare, I just ran into your mom in the hallway. She told me to ask you if you need her to tie your skates for you." Even though I was totally capable of tying my own skates, I got ribbed for that one for the rest of the season.