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To paint the scene, if you will, it was Tuesday night about an hour before close, when a gentleman and his son enter the store. With a large trash bag.
The man asks us is we take games in trade: my coworker and I confirm this, and the man puts the bag on the counter. Full of a Wii and what was clearly everything they owned for the system.
He goes on to explain, rather bluntly and directly in front of his kid, that his son had decided to prioritize video games over school work, and that his grades had fallen to the point that it was time for the father to make good on the threat of getting rid of all of the video games.
So, my coworker and I make our way through the mound of disorganized Wii games and accessories, all the while the kid just stands there. Like he had been yelled at already, understood that he was in the wrong and that this was the final part of his punishment.
It was about $275 worth of trade ins, and the boy stood there the entire time, politely making conversation if spoken to, not looking at the ground but straight at the counter.
After the transaction was completed, the man sent his son to the car to wait, and spoke with my coworker and I for a little - I made sure to tell the man that his son took that punishment like a champ, and was impressively well behaved.
Never have I seen anything like this. Not a parent fulfilling a punishment to the strength of this kind of punishment, not a kid taking the punishment so well.
My faith in parents having the balls to follow through with their punishments has risen drastically, though...
To paint the scene, if you will, it was Tuesday night about an hour before close, when a gentleman and his son enter the store. With a large trash bag.
The man asks us is we take games in trade: my coworker and I confirm this, and the man puts the bag on the counter. Full of a Wii and what was clearly everything they owned for the system.
He goes on to explain, rather bluntly and directly in front of his kid, that his son had decided to prioritize video games over school work, and that his grades had fallen to the point that it was time for the father to make good on the threat of getting rid of all of the video games.
So, my coworker and I make our way through the mound of disorganized Wii games and accessories, all the while the kid just stands there. Like he had been yelled at already, understood that he was in the wrong and that this was the final part of his punishment.
It was about $275 worth of trade ins, and the boy stood there the entire time, politely making conversation if spoken to, not looking at the ground but straight at the counter.
After the transaction was completed, the man sent his son to the car to wait, and spoke with my coworker and I for a little - I made sure to tell the man that his son took that punishment like a champ, and was impressively well behaved.
Never have I seen anything like this. Not a parent fulfilling a punishment to the strength of this kind of punishment, not a kid taking the punishment so well.
My faith in parents having the balls to follow through with their punishments has risen drastically, though...
A parent actually disciplining in a way that doesn't involve shouting or fists, & the kid not screaming, sobbing & throwing a tantrum? 
to that dad. His son won't take his threats lightly again.
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