Reply #75: My wife agreed, she just didn't think it would come to this.

[Xithras]

She also thought, as I did, that the mere threat of losing their Christmas presents would be enough to straighten them out for a few weeks. We really didn't expect them to IGNORE us like this. Now that the time is up, she just doesn't want to go through with it.

As for taking away privledges, that doesn't tend to work too well with my kids. They'll usually act like perfect angels to get whatever the privledge was back, but they revert right back once the punishment has been lifted. This time around, I was looking for a punishment that they would remember, and that would have a lasting impression on them. Losing all of their gifts one year is certainly a punishment they'd never forget.