[MotoSook]

If I had done that to my dad, I'd been sleeping on the porch! Discipline does not equate to a lack of love, a lesson I learned for a very strict Asian father.

I have two "step-sons" and they HAVE to clean up after themselves. It iritates the hell out of me when they try to get mom to side with them, but she knows most of the time, that we are not to contradict each other. But they will try to get us to contradict each other..when i know about it..it's made clear that stuff is not acceptable in our house.

Mom should not have said she would clean it up. It sets a precedence for future issues between you and your son. My mom never stepped in and we (7 kids) knew that dad only had to say something once! We grew up loving our parents....

Kids are too soft these days, and I see it in kids that come to play with our kids. Parents can be too PC and busy to teach their kids discipline with a loving hand. They have a fraction of the respect for adults that I and my friends had for adults when we were kids.

..who's dog is it? If the dog means anything to your son, make him walk the dog and clean after it, feed it. Otherwise get rid of the dog!