My F word for the day is Fahrenheit. I enjoyed soaking up the beautiful weather so much yesterday. This morning I stared longly out the window at my garden area as I told myself that 30 degrees wouldn't make THAT much difference. Wrong! I tried working in the garden today but only lasted about 5 minutes because my fingers became painful from being in the cold wet dirt.
Misery loves company here too. DS10 is suffering through learning some lessons the hard way. He isn't physically suffering but mentally suffering according to him. One of his friends was recently given the same consequences so he knows it isn't unfair. We have tried teaching him these lessons the easy way but that didn't work so we implemented the consequences that we warned him would happen.
** Lesson = put batteries where they belong. DS10 is a big battery user with remotes, controllers, and toys. He knows he is supposed to put old batteries in the trash but will stuff them into couch cushions or hide them under furniture so he doesn't have to stop what he is doing and take the 2 seconds to put them into the trash. When I find a hidden battery then the Consequence = loss of all devices that use batteries for 24 hours. He has no battery operated devices today.
** Lesson = don't try to bypass network restrictions. Consequence = loss of access to the internet for the rest of the month. There is a part of me that is happy that he is seeking to learn new techie skills. However, he picked the wrong reason to attempt learning new techie skills. He was being deceitful. He doesn't like having his wifi access restricted. He is limited to the amount of time he can spend daily on his phone and also limited on game time on the xbox. I think I am being VERY generous with the time limits. He has 2 hours on the phone and 1 hour on the games every day. To me, that is too much time but I've tried to balance the time between my wishes and what his friends & cousins get (unlimited).
I don't like implementing consequences, but sometimes it has to happen. I know it will only get worse if I don't stop it now. I am thankful that all this happened with no drama or raised voices. It is just a matter of fact. He knew what would happen when he was caught. **sigh** I really prefer being the fun Mom/Nana. Having consequences implemented hurts me as bad as him.