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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we draw a distinction between garden variety misbehavior and really big stuff? Say your kid willfully causes serious ER-worthy injury to their sibling, or you catch your kid bullying another kid, or stealing money from your wallet — surely taking them to the water park the next morning isn’t appropriate? On the spectrum from “having a bad attitude” (not worth canceling a trip) to “caught mutilating animals” (you better cancel that trip and get the kid some help ASAP) there has to be a middle ground where reasonable parents can make different judgment calls about what is an appropriate punishment. [/quote]

If your kid is caught doing something really egregious (badly injuring another child, mutilating animals) - yes, you cancel and get them into counseling, to the doctor or whatever you have to do.

That doesn't mean that I will make plans with you again.  My kid in the meantime was well behaved, did nothing wrong is now super disappointed that a fun day has been cancelled.[/quote]

Gosh, I sure hope your kid never has any friends with chronic illnesses or anything![/quote]

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