<human>: My nine year old son has officially decided to no longer give a shit. I understand that this is typical. He has been deprived of almost everything except the necessities. No tv, no video games, no fun basically except for the weekends he comes to my house and his baseball team (games, practice, etc. ) Yes, he lives with his mom. She works a 9-5 and he is a "latchkey kid". He has no adult supervision for a couple of hours that he is home and neglects his homework, chores, etc.  I know yelling obviously doesn't work and the talks/lectures don't stick longer than a few days (a good butt whooping sounds good, but I'm not going there). My ex is considering afterschool daycare (which is expensive and I'm already paying out the ass for child support). I'm thinking of teaching him karate, more for the self discipline than the physical aspect, but I don't know if that will work. Please help me.

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<bot>: Need suggestions/ideas for lazy, disrespectful 9 year old son who lives with mom and stays home alone after school.