Here's another ol' timer dad. My rule to my boy was that school came first, after his first responsibility was done....homework...THEN he could go out without a bad word about what he did. He knew right up front though what the consequences were going to be for messing up at school. We sat down and agreed on the amount of days grounding for a screw-up. A days grounding didn't mean sitting in his room, on the phone, or playing video games either. A good days worth of work for the ol' man. He just LOVED to scrap the road tar from my quarter panels of the car!:thumbsup: