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We went through this with our son recently. He has the electronics arsenal and anything else he wants, within reason. His friends like to come here because the house is a great big arcade/toy box. Some of them have questioned him about his chores and told him that he is being mistreated. (LOL)
And then at the parent/teacher conference, I was told that he is displaying "follower" tendencies when he should be a leader and that the sweet little boy from the beginning of the year is "still sweet, but he's got a sarcastic edge about him and it's related to the type of person he is choosing as a friend."
He gets straight A's and does chores and helps take care of the smaller siblings, although lately he's been very reticent about it all.
So our answer is this: Game Over. If he chooses friends that do not fit with our idea of a good citizen, he will not spend time with that friend.
A lot of people might disagree with that but we're not raising plants.
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