re: WWYD- teenager, new driver, and speeding ticket

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All that gets him a pass.

Talk to him like an adult and explain why it's not acceptable to get speeding tickets going that fast. Allow him to man up and do better. If he repeats, have him take on the costs.
My thing is never do stupid things that put others' lives, livelihoods, or property in jeopardy. Think is what I am going to do affecting others, or will it make my mother cry?
Good kids don't need to be fricked over for life mistakes we all make/have made.

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Maybe put him in timeout in the corner too!

You're trying to stop a destructive behavior RIGHT NOW, that may or may not have occurred before. Not the next time it happens. Punish him sufficiently now, and you might make an impression. Surely you know how stubborn and what a know it all you were when you were 16.

ETA restructured a crappy sentence.