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February 11, 2006, 5:18 am PST
We Disagree On Punishment
Quote From: jettavWell, honestly I don't think there is anything you can do about your step son, he disrespects his father and if hei father doesn't follow through then he certainly isn't going to listen to you, sounds like you are losing a fighting battle here and he is 17 and chances are he is juts going to have to learn for him self. He will be an adult before long and hopefully his father will start making some house rules and sticking witht hem otherwise it could get worse. It doesn't hurt to communicae with your husabnd but over all, it is responsibilty...........As far as your daughter goes, make the rules, set those boundaries and stick with them, do not back down and follow through with your actions. i think you should take away his car keys and put them in a cabinet where you keep the cleaning materials. Then, tell him to clean something, if he listens, he will notice that his keys are in the cabinet, and that will give him his privlige back. He will realize that you have to behave to get privliges. My sister did that with her 16 year old son and it worked. He used to be a lazy, frequent detension visitor, but now after things like that, he is almost 20 and has a good job.
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