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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Growing up, most of us would be “grounded” for rule-breaking, right? These days, the equivalent of grounding is taking away their means of electronic communication.

Personally, I think a week would be fair, with the understanding that you’ll be monitoring more closely and future infractions would incur harsher punishments. It sounds like he’s already gotten the message that he did something wrong, so all you need is a little extra to ensure he remembers it next time.

I would make sure you’ve walked through a better method for dealing with situations like this, though. Even something as simple as taking a break to cool down before responding can help. [/quote]

Pp again: I also think that by age 13, a lot of stuff like meanness and rudeness will eventually self-correct among friends. He’s not a little kid, who needs guidance because he can’t understand the consequences of hurtful actions. You can remind him of this, but eventually he’ll start getting shut out of stuff if he’s consistently being a jerk to his friends.

In other words, downright abusive or bullying behavior should be shut down immediately, but maybe let him discover on his own the natural consequences of just being rude or jerky to his buddies. [/quote]

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