I agree 100%. I'm venting here, pissed off, etc. but I'm taking it in stride, no yelling, no major shit, just cause and effect, consequences to his behavior. I do think he's far away from actually fucking up his college experience. It's way better to see this now even before school starts than at a critical point when he can lose something he's worked for, or even worse his freshman year of college. The only non-negotiable at this point are his apps and it's the only thing I said I would ground him over. But he wanted to quit work, I convinced him part time, then he did the square root of jack shit for a few days and this weekend. Saw me brushing the pool, adding chlorine, my wife testing the water, he bugged out and went to hang out with friends. later said he was going to do it sunday. I was like, "bro, you can't look at a pool tipping over to the green side and say, I'll do it tomorrow. I checked the chlorine tabs twice this week (we have 2 spots for chlorine) and both times they were empty." On sunday morning I told him I thought quitting was a good idea. He's now got $100 for gas and food for two weeks and his other parent can subsidize if she wants to (she lost her job, is burning through savings, and will take a pay cut so good luck with that). I strategically chose his job with me to be his acute failure/pain point this time around. He had enough savings to pay his subsidy of his car insurance through 12/31 so I took that. He honestly has no idea what's coming in terms of senior year, having a cute girlfriend he wants to keep, and being broke.