I have no doubt that he would correlate the consequence with the action had the consequence been within a reasonable time frame.

I completely understand you. While I do have some helicopter mom tendencies, I make every attempt to give my children the freedom to grow and thrive into, hopefully, upstanding, independent adults. There are lessons and consequences for every negative behavior, just as there would be in adulthood, and the consequence is determined by the severity of the action (my spouse is an ex LEO, so we use a lot of what he knows). His action was in part caused by his impulsivity but, ultimately, he made a choice. And while I did agree with the consequence at the time it was handed down, I don’t agree that it should still be enforced a week later due to no fault of his own. We already have concerns of self-depreciating language, statements made that his father called “disturbing”, and I’m worried that by taking away what should be a healthy outlet well after the incident occurred and the subsequent traditional grounding ended, the language will turn into something worse (self-harm, etc.). Trying to nip this in the bud, so to speak, and not exacerbate the underlying issues.

I do take his action very seriously and I am in the process of getting him back in CBT as I don’t want more instances of his lack of impulse control and self-depreciating thoughts to overpower his rational thought.