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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 222269" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Heather said it well.</p><p> </p><p>For the phone, call your provider and have his phone put on "vacation." They'll charge you a fee but it's worth it. Whether he takes the phone or not, he can't get or receive anything. And I'd be making him pay the vacaction fee each and every time.</p><p> </p><p>At least the violin had to be relatively safe. It's one of those things that no one wants unless they see the pawning potential, so less likely to be stolen. If this convenience store is typical, he had to leave it outside -- no cases, backpacks, bags. Makes it too easy to shoplift. And that, of course, is HIS logic.</p><p> </p><p>They really don't think at that age. They just do. It is too easy to blow off homework today. Teachers give too many passes, too many makeups, too many redos. So, who cares when you do it? You'll find a way to make it up later. Just ask the other kids. The problem is it words for a typical teen but our kids carry it to an extreme and get so far behind there is no way to catch up.</p><p> </p><p>The computer issue is another thing. It is very easy to get around a password. I had to take the keyboard and mouse when it was off limits for my daughter. If she needed to do homework on a computer, it was only with an adult sitting in the room with her and watching. Otherwsie, she was on MySpace in 30 seconds flat or, worse yet, finding a new porn site.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck. One day you might even be able to look back on this stage and laugh about some of the antics. Kind of like when he dumped the pound of flour/sugar/cereal all over the clean floor when he was 3. Wasn't funny then, is now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 222269, member: 3626"] Heather said it well. For the phone, call your provider and have his phone put on "vacation." They'll charge you a fee but it's worth it. Whether he takes the phone or not, he can't get or receive anything. And I'd be making him pay the vacaction fee each and every time. At least the violin had to be relatively safe. It's one of those things that no one wants unless they see the pawning potential, so less likely to be stolen. If this convenience store is typical, he had to leave it outside -- no cases, backpacks, bags. Makes it too easy to shoplift. And that, of course, is HIS logic. They really don't think at that age. They just do. It is too easy to blow off homework today. Teachers give too many passes, too many makeups, too many redos. So, who cares when you do it? You'll find a way to make it up later. Just ask the other kids. The problem is it words for a typical teen but our kids carry it to an extreme and get so far behind there is no way to catch up. The computer issue is another thing. It is very easy to get around a password. I had to take the keyboard and mouse when it was off limits for my daughter. If she needed to do homework on a computer, it was only with an adult sitting in the room with her and watching. Otherwsie, she was on MySpace in 30 seconds flat or, worse yet, finding a new porn site. Good luck. One day you might even be able to look back on this stage and laugh about some of the antics. Kind of like when he dumped the pound of flour/sugar/cereal all over the clean floor when he was 3. Wasn't funny then, is now. [/QUOTE]
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