If dad is the one with the right to choose the child's school, he doesn't need mom's approval to send the boy away to a boot camp type school. It sounds as though the kid could really use a dose of reality here. The longer he gets his way through arguing and throwing a fit, the worse it will get. With the child being male, there is also the fact that he could very soon be physically stronger than both mom & dad. Letting him act this way is just asking for much bigger problems down the line. While I don't think boys & girl should really be treated differently while growing up, I know that I'm probably more strict with my son, than with my daughter when it comes to disipline, but he's gonna be bigger than me before he's actually an adult. I want to make sure he KNOWS, no matter how big and strong he gets, mom can still take him down if he needs it. 8)

