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That is exactly it. Be consistent. A child like this takes a team, two parents. That is the problem I see with children now, families are fragmented, single parents are at a disadvantage when it comes to disciplining kids- especially ones that need firm guidance. I was divorced, but my ex and I were a team as parents, and worked together to help our son.
I see many parents who are divorced being manipulated by children, especially teens, who work their parents against each other, lie to both, and spin into a disaster, when if both parents had been working together it would have never happened.
No matter what, if parents don't work as a team on disciplining kids, it will be an out of control mess in the home. And one parent can't always be the disciplinarian, that sets up a dysfunction as well.
We did pull our son out of his self destructive path, by being firm, united, and while we did not let him hit rock bottom, he saw where his chosen path of behavior was going to take him. He was at the edge of a narrow cliff of choices, difficult to watch...we were lucky he decided to listen to his "team" who was there to help him, but within our rules, not his.
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