The Bribe

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My almost 15 year old son is an extremely talented musician. Unfortunately he dislikes his band director, and thus has completely quit anything related to instrumental music. He did not want to join Marching Band this past season, but I pushed and encouraged him to give it a try. Eventually he did, but quickly realized he hated it. Unfortunately he had already been in it a few weeks before he told me he didn't want to do it anymore.. and at that point I couldn't let him quit. Had he tried it for just a day or two it would have been a different story.. but after a few weeks he is an integral part of the show. As the season wore on his attitude at band got worse, he missed several practices for no good reason, and was in jeopardy of not being able to attend the trip to NY city. So I bribed him. I told him if he could finish off the season without further issues I would take him and a friend out for a night of fun. Well he held his end of the bargain.. he didn't miss another practice and his attitude improved slightly. He was able to go on the trip to NY.. Tonight I deliver my end of the bargain... and it isn't just to fulfill the bribe. It is also because the kids had a busy schedule this fall. All 4 were in marching band, the twins also did soccer, and two of the boys were also rehearsing for plays.. through all of this they all got High Honor Roll for the first marking period! Tonight I take my 4 kids and 2 of their friends to an indoor trampoline park! We've never been so I hope it's fun!