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So, now difficult child's phone and computer charges are up to $1,000
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 490043" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm sorry to tell you this, Terry, but I have to agreee with Susie here. I don't buy for a sec that he didn't know by this point what he was doing. You'd be surprised how some of these kids play us on the difficult child issues. I think sometimes it's even their unconscious way of getting back at us for the 'labell' they feel we gave them. No matter- you can bet he knew, if not the first time, then after that.</p><p></p><p>And if you are certain the phone is necessary, texting is not. I don't think he's going to stop just because he has a few extra chores sometimes. I think he pushes you way too far on several issues- the computer, etc. I know you try to punish him then negotiate a way to let him have the privilege back but this approach doesn't seem to work with him. I almost foresee a situation where within a few weeks, he's running up a bill or otherwise abusing the phone privilege and instead of taking the phone away for good automatically, he gets it taken away for a few days then gets it back, only for the same thing to happen again. I think you are just setting yourself up for another constant battle.</p><p></p><p>If it were me, the kid wouldn't have a phone at all. The most I'd consider would be a phone that could only call my phone # or 911. But I doubt I'd do that- actually, I didn't with my son. It's very easy for them to get to a phone to call should they have to reach me or 911 these days and as far as keeping up with his whereabouts- no way I trusted mine to tell me where he was- I wanted to see the friend's home phone number showing up on caller id. But then, mine seem to carry everything to extreme rule-breaking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 490043, member: 3699"] I'm sorry to tell you this, Terry, but I have to agreee with Susie here. I don't buy for a sec that he didn't know by this point what he was doing. You'd be surprised how some of these kids play us on the difficult child issues. I think sometimes it's even their unconscious way of getting back at us for the 'labell' they feel we gave them. No matter- you can bet he knew, if not the first time, then after that. And if you are certain the phone is necessary, texting is not. I don't think he's going to stop just because he has a few extra chores sometimes. I think he pushes you way too far on several issues- the computer, etc. I know you try to punish him then negotiate a way to let him have the privilege back but this approach doesn't seem to work with him. I almost foresee a situation where within a few weeks, he's running up a bill or otherwise abusing the phone privilege and instead of taking the phone away for good automatically, he gets it taken away for a few days then gets it back, only for the same thing to happen again. I think you are just setting yourself up for another constant battle. If it were me, the kid wouldn't have a phone at all. The most I'd consider would be a phone that could only call my phone # or 911. But I doubt I'd do that- actually, I didn't with my son. It's very easy for them to get to a phone to call should they have to reach me or 911 these days and as far as keeping up with his whereabouts- no way I trusted mine to tell me where he was- I wanted to see the friend's home phone number showing up on caller id. But then, mine seem to carry everything to extreme rule-breaking. [/QUOTE]
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