Question
We are having some behavior issues with our kindergartener. He lives primarily with his mother, who is choosing to handle the situation in a very different way than we would. He loses privileges at both houses, but she has not been willing to cancel weekend activities, extracurriculars, etc. The behavior is not really improving, but we have to follow Mom's lead as we don't want to create a situation where he won't want to come to our house because he's always "in trouble". We have a beach trip coming up and we are considering cancelling it as a consequence. However, we have an opportunity only once or twice a year for us to take a trip with just our son, and since he only lives with us 2 days a week, we feel it's important to create family memories on a trip like this. Not to mention, my husband and I could greatly benefit from having a vacation. But we hesitate about allowing something special like this for a child who hasn't gotten his misbehavior under control.
