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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 38396" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>Good points, and we're probably at the point where they make sense. wife and I will discuss this evening and try to present a united front. Still, it hurts that in order to address this current issue, we'll have to do things that will cause him to abandon or otherwise sabotage the progress he's made in other areas.</p><p></p><p>I did have one thought, though. Summer was already going to suck for us, but is only about a month away. Should I wait to play the tough-love card until after the school year is over? That way, he can't sabotage his grades (and himself) to retaliate against us, and he'll be settled into his new 800.00/month job (which he could lose if we wanted to, uh, "be nasty" about it).</p><p></p><p>Should I play damage control for another four weeks? In all honesty, if he keeps up this current trend once school is out his behavior probably won't be much different whether we punch his privilges ticket or not. But at least he'll have more to lose, and can't deliberately hurt himself to get back at us.</p><p></p><p>Unless things get DRAMATICALLY worse (and even now they aren't as bad as they were late last year), I think we can ride out another four weeks (teeth gritting, eyes squinting, fists balled, etc...)</p><p></p><p> :grrr: </p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 38396, member: 3579"] Good points, and we're probably at the point where they make sense. wife and I will discuss this evening and try to present a united front. Still, it hurts that in order to address this current issue, we'll have to do things that will cause him to abandon or otherwise sabotage the progress he's made in other areas. I did have one thought, though. Summer was already going to suck for us, but is only about a month away. Should I wait to play the tough-love card until after the school year is over? That way, he can't sabotage his grades (and himself) to retaliate against us, and he'll be settled into his new 800.00/month job (which he could lose if we wanted to, uh, "be nasty" about it). Should I play damage control for another four weeks? In all honesty, if he keeps up this current trend once school is out his behavior probably won't be much different whether we punch his privilges ticket or not. But at least he'll have more to lose, and can't deliberately hurt himself to get back at us. Unless things get DRAMATICALLY worse (and even now they aren't as bad as they were late last year), I think we can ride out another four weeks (teeth gritting, eyes squinting, fists balled, etc...) [img]:grrr:[/img] Thoughts? Mikey [/QUOTE]
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