I think one of the hardest choices we have to make as a parent is to take something beloved away from our children as a consequence to their actions and not cave in, regardless of how miserable it makes our lives.
You see in the Ponto house Labor day weekend was not a time for backyard barbeques and pool parties. It was the scene of the latest battle. We had made the decision to not allow our son to attend his karate classes the Saturday before labor day this was to show him how serious we are about schooling, which has to be more important than karate.
Well dear old son decided to make our lives miserable since we had taken something dear away from him. He just needled us all weekend little things, like using all the toilet paper in the bathroom and not putting anymore in there. Forgetting to shut lights off ( a big issue for Hubby). To taking a nap so that he would not be tired and instead was energized and ready to argue all night long about why he should have a later bedtime. The list goes on and on. But we stood our ground. And in large part due to the support of his Sensei, taught him a lesson. We are serious and will not tolerate the slack off attidude he has had about school.
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