Quote Originally Posted by LIP
There was no punishment required. A good parent wouldnt sell something they knew the child wanted so much, humiliate them in the process and just come off as an ignorant fool, which he is. A good parent would sit the child down, and TALK. They'd bother doing some REAL research. They'd either compromise OR set down house rules.
First off, the kid humiliated himself. Getting busted is humiliating, its not like the dad made it a spectacle, some newstation probably picked up on the story when it was checking prices for the hottest xmas gifts, and he withheld his and his sons names. The only people who know who this kid actually is are the people who were with him when he got busted and the people they told. WTF are you talking about compromising. What is the kid allowed to smoke weed on the weekends but not weekdays, and I seriously doubt he didn't already know smoking weed was against house rules. Of course the dad should talk to him about it, I didn't say to just sell it and never say anything else about. I've known a lot of people who've had parents who were really strict and also people whose parents did the whole hippy never punish thing. Both of these extremes don't work, you need a balance. 15 year olds are stupid (no offense to any 15 year olds), and most aren't yet capable of understanding that their actions now can affect their future 20 years from now. You need to make him understand the risks and make him a little scared to do it again. Punishment isn't supposed to be pleasant. If the kid loves video games take away his video games. Whats the point of taking away something he doesn't give a shit about. Ok I'm gonna rip this bong. Peace.