program alternative?

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Nope it is more profound than that, and equally more horrifying. You are all still missing the point.

That the dad didn't let the son be himself?
That this is the type of thing you'd expect to see in a program? i.e. kids having to admit to their peers what they have done so they can all shout abuse at them for it? :question:  :question:  :question:

[Anonymous]

Okay, great for Dad. He has now ensured that the "clean" kids won't associate with his "pothead" kid, and made the kid instantly "cool" with the pothead crowd.

If the kid had to look around for a safe seller for drugs before (safe meaning not a narc), he never will again.

The kid has also learned the lifelong useful lesson of the eleventh commandment: "Don't get caught."

Wow. Dad sure has "helped" his teenager. How can he teach his kid to think ahead and consider the problems* his behavior can cause if he doesn't?

Hey, Dad! If your parenting techniques make the news, you've gone overboard.

Julie
* I don't say "consequences" because the word has become a euphemism for punishments. It's vital to teach a child to distinguish between punishments deliberately inflicted by someone versus natural consequences that inevitably follow from what you did, even if you got away with it.

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I agree Guest.

I'm glad I took the mature approach with my son, he's been pretty good, no signs of pot use since the bong finding - i think he's a bit embarrassed that i found out, either that or it's no good to him that there's nothing to rebel against seeing as I didn't go mental at him *shrugs*