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[quote=Anonymous]I am glad to hear he was 14. That tells me more they likely got caught up in really stupid choices rather than they are delinquents on the road to destruction.

Many young teen males make really bad choices. Really bad. They don't think through the consequences of their actions at all.

I think you need to be intentional in your punishments. These need to be life lessons for him. If it is punishment for the sake of punishment because you / DH are mad - no point. Focus on what his actions tell you. He lacked respect for the property of others, he took things that didn't belong to him, he wasn't truthful or trustworthy. To learn the lesson, I would take away some things of his. Maybe he sells his video games / console to raise money to pay her back. You need to connect what he did to his own life. The friends - I don't know..are they hoodlums or just remorseful dumb kids. I wouldn't let him go out anywhere with them but I also wouldn't cut off all social contact if those are his only friends and he needs those connections for his mental health. Maybe they come over and work under your supervision. The lying means you can't trust him. Things you trusted him with before are now pulled back. [/quote]

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