I've just got to add a little more to the above story, my brother complained for a year or more about how his daughter and her friends would come to his house and drink all his beer. He'd buy himself a case which would last him a month and they'd drink it all in one night. Plus they would raid the hard liquor and drink all that too. I seriously wanted to slap my brother, who's fault does he think that is??? WHY did he constantly replenish his drink supplies and let them come over AGAIN? Why did he never discipline an underage HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT for this kind of behavior?
With my kids there was never a second chance on that crap and they knew it. My XW accused me of being too hard on the kids and claimed it was one of the reasons for BD, but then later she calls me (on multiple occasions) to discipline them saying "they will only take you seriously, they never listen to me." Oh the irony, what is it, a "fault" of mine or a "strength"? Bottom line- stay true to your character and don't let a WAS or anyone else convince you to compromise your morals.
