Does the punishment fit the crime?

It's not even a crime per se...Stepson 14 is in band and last Friday he left parts of his uniform at the school over an hour away. We've called the other school, we've had our band instructor call and the stuff is gone. We are now being charged to replaced it.A few days ago we had to take his game consoles away for punishment for being on them more than allowed. This is a recurring problem. He has no control over himself and will play games from the time he gets home to the time the bus leaves next morning if left unattended.We've crunched the numbers and we can afford to pay for the uniform but we will roughing it. I mean ramen for every meal, driving only downhill, turning off all the power type roughing it. I'm super pissed because already a substantial portion of our income goes to his band activities. My idea is to sell his consoles. That will be punishment for the previous issue and hopefully he'll see that we take his band involvement serious.It does seem like the nuclear option and I was hoping for some input from you fine people. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2oAqVbQ