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[quote=Anonymous]Even if he does feel bad, I still think it's important to impress upon him that he needs to be more responsible and do a better job paying attention.  It's great that he previously was responsible, but all it takes is ONE time of not being responsible to cause serious damage or harm, as evidenced by whatever happened.  Since he's still a child, he should obviously get the benefit of a second chance to regain your trust, but I disagree with the PP who are saying to let him off just because he seems to feel bad.  What's the lesson there?  It's ok to be irresponsible so long as you feel bad about it?!  No way. I say reduce his allowance a bit for a few months as a way of "paying you back" for the harm his actions caused (even though it obviously won't amount to $7K) and take away some privileges for a couple of weeks -- maybe no cell phone or internet (other than for school) for two weeks and make him help to clean up or undo whatever he did (if possible).  He's 12, so he's unlikely to learn his lesson if there aren't any immediate consequences that will impact him.  I see your point about why you'd want to cancel camp, but that's 4 or so months away.  Sorry if this seems harsh, but causing $7K worth of damage is a big deal. [/quote]

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