Me: don’t to that, it’s bad, there will be consequences if I catch you do it again.

My kid: does it again....

Me: you know I told you not to do that right? That there would be consequences if you did it again?

My kids: throws an epic fit about how unfair I am....

Yeah, he’s 12 years old with the emotional age of a toddler(we adopted him 3 years ago from a very abusive home) so yeah...

Moral of the story.... suck it up buttercup. You were warned, and then punished. That’s the way the world goes.