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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You handled this specific incident fine in my book, but that entitlement and ingratitude monster is strong in him. You have your work cut out for you.[/quote]

Or he was a sleep deprived 14 year old experimenting with being what he thought of as hilariously sarcastic or something. It was undeniably incredibly rude and there’s every chance when he’s older he will be mortified by it. I don’t think it’s necessarily time to send him to a reduction camp because of one (extremely ill advised) comment. [/quote]

Agree with this. 14 year olds can have stupid moments. So can adults for that matter. You explain why the comment was inappropriate. An unrelated punishment isn't going to make that point any clearer.

We saved for college. My mother gave each kid the equivalent of one semester. From the kid's perspective they just knew college was paid for and whether it was us or grandma wasn't particularly relevant to them. And at 14 they were in 8th/9th grade and really didn't have much of an appreciation for college, what it cost, or that to have private college fully paid for wasn't something everyone had.[/quote]

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