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Reply to "12-YO was irresponsible, will cost us thousands; appropriate consequence?"
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[quote=Anonymous]Like I have always read, the consequence has to be immediate so taking away vacation or camp is too far off to make an impact. Why not make him really step up chores or responsibilities? Like every night he clears table and loads dishwasher, runs vacuum, and somethng else. That becomes his new reality. It has to be something he can do on his own so that if you are working late, going to other dc activities he knows to do it and does not need to be supervised. We do something similar when grades fall, as it is more about structure, being responsible. We notice when things get to lax there is the tendency to do even less, if that makes sense. When there are chores, specific study goals, etc., our dc seem to be more reponsible with everything.[/quote]
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