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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The response I got from grounding him was, "So, I don't care." Oh, yes, I played back to the video to him. Again...."so" [/quote] "Oh, you don't care about me taking away your X? Great. You lose your Y as well." and if I get attitude about that, it would go to Z, etc.[/quote] No to this. It’s just a stupid power struggle. When your teen says,”I don’t care that you took X,” just walk away. Do not take the bait and engage. Do not give the “attitude” an audience. You’ve taken X away. No need to keep escalating because your teen “doesn’t care.” I just respond with a flat “Okay,” and walk away. Now if my teen escalated to name calling or being outright disrespectful, then there’s a consequence for that behavior. But “I don’t care” is not worth escalating. —mom of a 16 year old ds & 13 year old dd [/quote] +1 and I've learned this the hard way. "I don't care" is just an attempt to save face. [/quote]
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