Why should I get mad...

[bdgirl]

When the world has already given him his consequence.

My DS has already been fired from his first job and he hasn't been on that job for even a month. I asked him why he got fired and he told me he was only two minutes late for work. I said okay and then went on to ask him if there were other times that he was late for work. He said yes. I left it at that because I wasn't going to put the pieces together for him because he is 16 and able to figure out things for himself.

This morning my DH was going off about my DS (his SS) getting fired and why I wasn't mad and disciplining him. I told hubby that he already got his consequences, no job and no money. Then he starts in on me that I need to teach my DS about when you get a job what you need to do to keep it. I've already went over that with him during his job hunting. I told hubby that this was a safe, good learning experience for his age. That did go over to well with hubby.

The times that DS was late to work, he had friends taking him to work. When I took him to work, I made sure that he was at least 5 to 10 minutes early trying to instill that into him.

It just gets to me when hubby nick picks at me about my parenting skills when his isn't the perfect parent. At least I know where my YDS is and I don't have to call friend after friend like his has to with his son (15).

Tags: job, fired, work, son, teen, mad, consequence

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[MSugarKane]

Nov. 6, 2009 at 5:38 PM

You know, your very right the no job, no money consequence.  He is 16 and will learn if your diligent to get a job, and to keep it.