My Son, the Little Delinquent

We are expecting our tax return soon. Yay.

DH told DS1 that if he had a good (read well-behaved, productive) week at school and the check came, he could get a game or toy. So Friday comes and DS1 and DS2 get off the bus. DS1 says he had a great day. We were happy. There is nothing in his folder (well...it was Friday).

About 30 minutes later, the bus honks the horn outside. I go and the monitor hands me a science/vocabulary booklet of DS1's w/a note attached to it...."Finish for grade-refused to do in class". When confronted with it, DS1 claimed that he did not even know it was in his folder. I believe he left it on the bus on purpose.

There was also an email from the principal saying that DS1 pretended to sleep in class AND in his office, that he refused to do work in class, and when he got "recess detention" (they didn't let him have recess because of not finishing the work) he refused to do it then as well. DS1 was sent to the principal's office and did not follow directions: he got up when he was asked to sit down, got into things that did not belong to him, etc. The principal brought up the possibility of after-school detention if DS1 continued.

DH told DS1 that leaving things on the bus or at school would not do him any good for several reasons: the homework doesn't go away, it piles up; his teacher emails us every day with what he is supposed to be doing. DH also told him that if he refused to do work in class, he would get a spanking. If he further refused to do the work during recess detention he would get another spanking.

What am I going to do with this kid?

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