When a 13-year-old starts declaring independence, things can get tricky.
But after one particularly heated event, a single mother known on Facebook as Heidi Johnson wasn’t going to take it lying down.
‘The child is going to have a rude awakening today after the words he exchanged with me last night,’ she wrote.
‘Not only will be find this on the door, but his mattress stripped, and the toys and clothes that I bought confiscated. He will have three options: Buy his own, rent his clothes at $3 a day, or renegotiate his terms of being a child. Mama’s done playing games and being a doormat.’
This was the letter she left him:
She has since explained what happened since:
‘He came home, saw the note, crumpled it on the floor, and stormed out of the apartment.’
‘He was still livid when he got home. He decided to stage a “sit in” in my room, where he did laugh at me and repeat, “Really? What are you going to do? You can’t take my stuff, etc”. He was asked to leave my room, and when he could be respectful, and I was more calm, we would discuss it further.
‘He went to his room, and after about an hour, he had removed some electronics and items I missed that he felt he should have to earn back for his behavior. He apologized, and asked what could he do to make things better and start earning items back.
‘He earned his comforter and some clothes right back.
‘I did leave him some clothes to begin with, just not the ones he would want to wear everyday. He also had some pillows and sheets, just not his favorite ones.
‘It has made a difference though. When I ask him to do something, he does it.’
Metro
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