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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, he is more than a bit uninspired and argumentative.
He is disruptive, disrespectful, fails to listen to anything we say despite taking away nearly every privilege.

Yesterday is a good example. He was supposed to go to detention after school but he didn't go because he said yesterday was like a weekend because of no school.

He went home and after using up his allotted 30 minutes on the computer became bored and frustrated because he is locked out of the tv.  He decided to unplug most of the tv's in the house from cable boxes, etc. He re-programmed the thermostats in the house. The a/c was on.  He took my medicine for high blood pressure (shocking I know) and hid it. He re-set my ipad after too many failed password entries.  He then made 5 bags of microwave popcorn.

And this was just yesterday.[/quote]

This is troubling. Very. But to me, this indicates a child in need of much more assistance and guidance, and parents who probably need some guidance as well. What steps have you taken so far, other than taking away privileges?

I think sending kids away to school is ok if kids want to go. And I think sending kids away to school is the right thing to do for very troubled kids who haven't responded to other measures. But I think sending your kid away because you're annoyed and frustrated with his behavior without first making a concerted effort to help him *solve his problems* (as opposed to handing the problems to someone else to solve) is a tremendous parenting failure.

He is in 7th grade, and you are ready to just wash your hands of him and his problems? What sort of message do you think that sends to your son?[/quote]

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