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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a bunch of nutters on this thread. 6 hours of chores? Cancel his own birthday party? I hope you people are joking.

OP: OMG why is this the end of the world for you?[b] He's 7. He made a mistake.[/b] Does he have a lot of problems with self control or something?

Anyway I would not be making another trip to the store. Ask him to help you brainstorm how to fix the situation. Maybe he can make a homemade gift. Forky is in right now.[/quote]

He's 7.  This was not an accident.  He asked for a thing, mom said no, so he waited the opportunity to do it anyway. 6 hours of chores hardly seems like the end of the world.  It's not like he's pulling a factory shift or something.  It's less than a week of dishes and some laundry.  Of course, cancelling his own birthday is extreme.

If it was just that the kid opened the present, I could see it being a small thing; it would be frustrating, but not worth a big reaction.  But doing something that you have been explicitly told not to do? That's an important boundary being crossed.
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