Sorry to hear about that. She should have let him go. In my opinion. That trip could have given to him thoughts of pleasure. Then warn him that he will be stopped from further adventures if he slacks on his school work. I have raised some great kids and I know privledged experiances works much better than continued misery. If the kid had been allowed to go he could have developed a good attitude about himself and then encouraged to keep the good feeling. To miss out only puts a child deeper in his depression and tends to restrict the urge to develop self esteame. In other words, It is much easier to build a child up to a level that they are proud of themselves and keep them there rather than to beat them down and expect them to crawl up by themselves.</p>
Sorry to get off on child rearing, but I practice that and It works wonders.</p>
Oh yeah, I am not one of those...I will whoop their tails if they disrespect.</p>
