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Question for Freepers on how to handle a situation:

I mentor at a school for 3.5 hours once a week with a friend. The kids have been angels but yesterday acted up pretty badly. Once a week I leave money with the teacher to buy them ice cream. They were so bad yesterday that I told them I don't reward bad behavior and so wouldn't be getting them ice cream that week.

My friend, who has a softer heart than me, gave the teacher money anyway.

I will discuss this with her next week on the way to school but I don't know in the future whether I should just not get ice cream for those kids who acted out or for the entire class.

I'm thinking I should just skip the kids who acted out but Mr. Peach thinks peer pressure from the other kids would be effective.

Any ideas? (I never had my own kids and so am not particularly versed in how to handle stuff like this).