If you are having permissions problems (I feel bad for you son...) with your mounted veracrypt volumes when using NTFS there is a simple solution when using the CLI.
Mount like so:
veracrypt --truecrypt -t -k "" --pim=0 --protect-hidden=no --fs-options=umask=022 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/yourvolume
Replace sdb1
at whatever your drive path is of course.