At Least He's Creative

In Dude's kindergarten class there is a behavior system of card changes. Every student starts the day with an orange card. If they misbehave they have to change the color of their card. If they end the day with an orange card they get an orange ticket to bring home. Dude LOVES video games, and his reward for bringing home an orange ticket is that he gets to play for 30 mins with Dad after the girls go to bed. Well, one day a few months ago Dude told us that he had received an orange ticket, but had lost it in the parent pick up line. He was so sad and almost in tears. Well, we believed him and allowed him to play that day. Then, the next day he had the same story. Hum......fishy. Turns out that he didn't even earn a ticket the day before either. So, the new rule became No ticket, No play. Yesterday Dude got in the car proudly displaying an orange ticket. Hooray, right? Well, I wish. I asked him about his day, and he told me about some trouble he had gotten in by messing around in the bathroom. I said, "Oh, did you get a card change for that?" (I'm such a smart mom, ha!") And without skipping a beat he said, "Ya." "So, if you had a card change how did you get an orange ticket?" Then the lies starting flying. Long story short, he convinced another boy in his class to give him his orange ticket so the he could play video games. He told the other boy to tell the "I lost it" story to his parents. Yikes. So, he lost his video game privilege, and had to write an apology letter to the boy and his parents. After writing the letter he told Doctor and I that he had decided not only to give back the orange ticket that he took, but that he would also give him one that he had legitimately earned. I was proud that he saw the need for restitution. Again I say, I hope he uses his powers for good.