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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For something as special as this you would have needed to give at least a week's warning and the criteria for getting to go would have needed to be listed out, clear, and tracked.

You might want to lay out expectations for behavior at the game and especially for going forward.  [/quote]

This.   At this point, I might say something like “we have these tickets, but based on your behavior and how you are treating everyone in your family, it doesn’t seem like you want to spend time with us, and unless you can start being civil/respectful/kind, we’ll invite someone else to join us because we want the game to be an enjoyable experience and if you continue behaving this way, it will be miserable for everyone.”

Also, I personally would have no problem leaving a bratty 16 year old at home and letting sibling invite a friend instead.  If you act like an asshole, you don’t get nice things.  Maybe that’s too harsh, but that’s just me and my kids know it.[/quote]

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This is a huge privilege, not a life necessity.  
Unless he's a lifelong baseball fanatic, in which case I'd focus on other options for consequences.  [/quote]

I'm not even a baseball fan and I believe that this is an inappropriate parental response.  This is an event that may be a once in a lifetime event.  It has been 86 years since there has been a home World Series baseball game in Washington DC.  There are cities that have not been in the finals of their sporting event for 30, 40 or even 50 years.  If you have no other way to discipline your child than this, then you are a pretty poor parent.

Events like a band that has separated, but has a once-in-a-lifetime reunion tour or major sporting events, or a viewing of a rare event like an unusual eclipse or comet, are not the type of things that should be used as disciplinary privileges to be withheld.  Yes it is not a life necessity, but it is something that may not be able to be experienced or duplicated again.  You need to have better tools in your repertoire to discipline your child because these are not appropriate to withhold.[/quote]

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