Well, this is news to me!
It truly does suck. I understand trying to teach him a lesson but there's a line between tough love and cruelty. This will be definitely be one of those events that the kid will talk about as an adult.
I do hope he has planned a prank this year. If I were him I would find some dead rats, fish up some turds, maybe puke into their stockings and maybe, just maybe, cut a toe or two...
...What?








