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How to motivate ungrateful son.
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[QUOTE="JMD, post: 384546, member: 24087"] I have struggled with the same thing, with three sons. And the thing you need to remember is that your job is to raise a decent human being, not to raise a riding buddy. You need to teach him to be accountable for his actions, and that he must earn everything he gets. If that means that he won't be going riding as much, because he hasn't earned it, or because he doesn't want to ride badly enough to do what's necessary, then so be it; you'll have to find someone else to ride with. It's more important to equip him for success and happiness in life than to teach him to ride. As it turns out, one of my sons won't do the work to go riding, so he doesn't go; another likes it enough to go every once in a while, and my youngest is almost as crazy for riding as I was at that age, and he'll do almost anything to ride. But there have been long periods where I have grounded him for grades and behavior, and I'd do it again if he screws up. You have to be ruthless, and you have to be willing to sacrifice your own desires as well. It's difficult, but rewarding. At 13, he's plenty young enough to be straightened out. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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