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[quote=Anonymous]Team DH. Your son needs structure and consequences. A slap on the wrist isn’t sufficient for this event.

I agree he needs new friends, but telling him he can’t see them could make him dig in and even cause him to sneak around and lie more to you when he sees them behind your back. Besides, as others have said, he’ll see them in school anyway. Best to sign him up for new sports and activities like theater. Send him away for summer camp.

I read this and think back to my own DS’ citation for shoplifting. XDH helped DS hide it from me and didn’t impose any consequences of his own, like taking away the car he had given DS for even a week. I posted here at the time and people called me a troll because they couldn’t believe it. When I did find out, I got DS’ car taken away for a month, and DS grounded, and DS acted like I was the wicked witch of the west by comparison with his dad. I wish my XDH had been as good a parent as your DH, parenting is hard because it’s not about being the bff, and you need to be on the same page with him and definitely don’t undermine him.[/quote]

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