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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think punishing him by canceling a trip that is months away will make him more responsible next time? And that feeling horrible now isn't enough to teach him that? My guess is that at 12, there is no guarantee, no matter what you do, that he won't be a bonehead again. So I wouldn't punish just for the sake of punishment, and I certainly wouldn't punish the whole family by taking away something that promotes family sanity and happiness, like camp and trips. I would make sure he feels the fallout and makes things better. If he flooded the house, he rolls up his sleeves and hauls out the wet carpet and works hard on the cleaning. If he broke the big screen TV he helps clean it up, haul it to the dump, put allowance into the new one, and misses TV for a while. Etc.[/quote] This.[/quote]
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