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<blockquote data-quote="hamlet" data-source="post: 432647" data-attributes="member: 11970"><p>I am definitely feeling what Marg said is true - not that difficult child cannot go 10 days without a level one, he can and has in the past. In fact he has been able to go longer than 10 days at a stretch. What strikes me is that making the mp3 player part of the deal puts me in a tough position. I actually really want to gift him with the player. He has gotten into music lately, is developing a personal taste, and he has no other electronic gadgets (no cell phone, no i-touch. Plenty of his friends have those.) It is something I actually can give him that he wants, and there aren't too many of those.</p><p></p><p>I also happen to believe that this particular level one, (I just looked at it this morning after my first post,) was a fairly frivolous use of the measure. I believe difficult child's story of what happened, and yes, other kids egged him on and were the real source of the trouble. </p><p></p><p>The deal was more complicated than I first explained, which is why easy child is involved at all. easy child is simply getting an mp3 player at the same time as his brother, and yes, easy going not getting a level one. I would not have made the deal except I really thought that difficult child could and would do it. Now I regret it and want to find a way out of it that doesn't let difficult child completely off the hook.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hamlet, post: 432647, member: 11970"] I am definitely feeling what Marg said is true - not that difficult child cannot go 10 days without a level one, he can and has in the past. In fact he has been able to go longer than 10 days at a stretch. What strikes me is that making the mp3 player part of the deal puts me in a tough position. I actually really want to gift him with the player. He has gotten into music lately, is developing a personal taste, and he has no other electronic gadgets (no cell phone, no i-touch. Plenty of his friends have those.) It is something I actually can give him that he wants, and there aren't too many of those. I also happen to believe that this particular level one, (I just looked at it this morning after my first post,) was a fairly frivolous use of the measure. I believe difficult child's story of what happened, and yes, other kids egged him on and were the real source of the trouble. The deal was more complicated than I first explained, which is why easy child is involved at all. easy child is simply getting an mp3 player at the same time as his brother, and yes, easy going not getting a level one. I would not have made the deal except I really thought that difficult child could and would do it. Now I regret it and want to find a way out of it that doesn't let difficult child completely off the hook. [/QUOTE]
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