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[quote=Anonymous]Have him do chores to earn money to replace the gift.  Also add a small surcharge for your time, trouble, gas, etc. (maybe $1) so that he realizes those have value and that his actions have costs beyond just that of the gift.

I would set the base price of chores at a quarter or 50 cents,but vary it depending on the difficulty and length of task.

Some examples of chores a seven year old can do:
Fold laundry 
Weed
Dust
Vacuum 
Load dishwasher
Make household beds (don't pay him for his personal chores that he's normally expected to do like cleaning his room or making his own bed)

Whether you eventually let him have the original Pokemon cards is a judgement call, but I wouldn't do it until he's earned the replacement, and probably extra time on top of that.  (Ex. He loses them for a month, but that time doesn't start until they're his, which doesn't happen until he's earned the money.)

Basically he needs to learn 3 lessons:
1.  You can't give somebody a pre-opened gift.
2.  Defiance is unacceptable.  You have reasons for what you tell him and he needs to respect your authority and judgement.
3.  It's much better to get what you want the right way than to try and take shortcuts.[/quote]

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