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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids can sometimes be jerks and selfish towards their siblings, but they know that won't fly if they behave like that towards us, the parents.

We ask once for them to do a chore and if it's not completed in a reasonable amount of time, usually we go with by the end of the day, a privilege is lost.

If my daughter had left craft supplies out for over a week after asking her to clean them up, she would only be driving to drop off her sister and then coming back home.  No visiting friends for her until that was completed.

Ignoring her chore of unloading the dishwasher?  Phone and TV privileges are gone until that's completed.

We started young with expectations & consequences and as a result, our teens are generally pleasant people.

It just baffles me all the parents on here who don't seem to understand that not following directions = loss of privileges.  [/quote]

I don't disagree, but I will say that my soon to be 18 year old is an ass.  Loss of phone = he bought his own, etc.  Managing an adult, who is still in HS is going to be very trying. He was a great kid, but as he inches toward the finish line, he has just become the ultimate selfish jerk.[/quote]

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