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[quote=Anonymous]I recall feeling victimized as a teen and young adult if things weren't going my way... It wasn't a result of coddling parents but more just an immaturity that I eventually grew out of.

I agree that if your DD needs to drop the course to avoid the "D" then so be it- but she should pay back at least part of the money. It sounds like your DD wants to have this fixed without consequences to herself. You could consider an option of "payback" or "get out of jail free" card. That is, she has one forgiveness situation (a lot of people drop at least one class in college) and after that, it's either a grade or financial consequence.

With our child (eight year old) when he loses or damages things- he has to pay some of it out of his allowance. We recently had a situation where he lost two water bottles at school (the expensive kind). I handled it by taking some of his allowance money and purchasing *his* water bottle. Now if he loses it, he has lost his own property. He would have to buy another or go on a payment plan with me-- same with sporting equipment, etc. He is becoming motivated to solve problems for himself when he knows there will be a result. [/quote]

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