Creating an outcome that will never happen in reality is setting a child up for some serious disappointments and hard knocks.
I can promise you no boss is going to go ask another company if there is a new Mac lying around that he can give the disappointed co-worker who didn't get the one new Mac that came into the company.
I would've taken the ball away from both of them and told them to figure out how to get along or I would have some chores they both could do so they could be productive while getting out all that energy, My garden isn't nearly as well weeded as it was when I had bickering kids at home.
Discipline teaches a child self restraint, self denial, and tolerance, when we deprive our kids of opportunities to practice those skills, we help set them up for being disliked by their peers, unhappy in their jobs and miserable spouses.
Can you tell this one is black and white for me?
