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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Being a mum to children is increasingly difficulty and is getting worse.
I've read that a way to punish them for bad behaviour is not to remove their phone,electronic devices.......
but to remove their charger, then that way they can still play on their device but the parent can just sit back, smile and watch as the panic starts setting in as the childs device starts to loose battery power, then eventually dies. I thought this was absolutely perfect.
What is your productive way of punishing a child? I'm talking age 9 upwards here by the way. |
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I dint have children but I do run a youth club and I think manual labour is the way to go. The majority of children do sod all at home from my observations.
Just asking them to put their rubbish in the bin is like asking them to shoot their granny if something. |
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Yes.... and send them out into the park on bikes with their mates with strict instructions to only come back when either hungry or when the street lights come on.
With no devices!!.... Sounds like hell |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mine is usually really well behaved I have no issues from him but he lied to me about his whereabouts last month so I hit the roof. Took his phone and all social media away. He was only allowed a Alcatel phone
But it worked I let him keep his Xbox when he showed remorse. He said to me after that he knew he had disappointed me and that he felt lucky to still have his Xbox so I think it's the only way to get through to teenagers |
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"Being a mum to children is increasingly difficulty and is getting worse.
I've read that a way to punish them for bad behaviour is not to remove their phone,electronic devices.......
but to remove their charger, then that way they can still play on their device but the parent can just sit back, smile and watch as the panic starts setting in as the childs device starts to loose battery power, then eventually dies. I thought this was absolutely perfect.
What is your productive way of punishing a child? I'm talking age 9 upwards here by the way."
This was used on me and was more effective than most punishments because of its utter futility....
Confined to sitting at the kitchen / dining table / desk (no devices, no distractions) and given a double page of the Times or similar broadsheet newspaper....and a pen. It was time out until every vowel was crossed out, both sides of the paper. Then a spot check by the parent for missed letters and if found... another page, both sides. This works beautifully if two or more siblings have been playing up and they have to sit across from each other... And this is the important part... when sheets checked and deemed complete fix them a look in the eye and screw up the paper in front of them and toss it in the bin with a IDGAF look. It’s a killer |
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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago
Stoke area |
"Being a mum to children is increasingly difficulty and is getting worse.
I've read that a way to punish them for bad behaviour is not to remove their phone,electronic devices.......
but to remove their charger, then that way they can still play on their device but the parent can just sit back, smile and watch as the panic starts setting in as the childs device starts to loose battery power, then eventually dies. I thought this was absolutely perfect.
What is your productive way of punishing a child? I'm talking age 9 upwards here by the way.
This was used on me and was more effective than most punishments because of its utter futility....
Confined to sitting at the kitchen / dining table / desk (no devices, no distractions) and given a double page of the Times or similar broadsheet newspaper....and a pen. It was time out until every vowel was crossed out, both sides of the paper. Then a spot check by the parent for missed letters and if found... another page, both sides. This works beautifully if two or more siblings have been playing up and they have to sit across from each other... And this is the important part... when sheets checked and deemed complete fix them a look in the eye and screw up the paper in front of them and toss it in the bin with a IDGAF look. It’s a killer"
Omg. This is what my stroppy teenager needs. Thankyou  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Being a mum to children is increasingly difficulty and is getting worse.
I've read that a way to punish them for bad behaviour is not to remove their phone,electronic devices.......
but to remove their charger, then that way they can still play on their device but the parent can just sit back, smile and watch as the panic starts setting in as the childs device starts to loose battery power, then eventually dies. I thought this was absolutely perfect.
What is your productive way of punishing a child? I'm talking age 9 upwards here by the way.
This was used on me and was more effective than most punishments because of its utter futility....
Confined to sitting at the kitchen / dining table / desk (no devices, no distractions) and given a double page of the Times or similar broadsheet newspaper....and a pen. It was time out until every vowel was crossed out, both sides of the paper. Then a spot check by the parent for missed letters and if found... another page, both sides. This works beautifully if two or more siblings have been playing up and they have to sit across from each other... And this is the important part... when sheets checked and deemed complete fix them a look in the eye and screw up the paper in front of them and toss it in the bin with a IDGAF look. It’s a killer"
Omg I'm fusing out to buy The Times as I type! What a great idea! |
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By *ddibleMan
over a year ago
Exeter Bristol Salisbury |
My little girl is 22 now, so I just forget to pay her credit card bill if she forgets to call me, it's so much easier than when she was little. No social media or tablets to remove back then so traditional groundings was all I had. |
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We didn't really have to dish put punishments and when we did we didn't enjoy it. They knew that if we said no or told them what they'd done was wrong we meant it. It didn't stop them doing some really bad stuff and they got grounded for that but the small stuff warranted a telling off, no more. |
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By *eesideMan
over a year ago
margate sumwear by the sea |
"Being a mum to children is increasingly difficulty and is getting worse.
I've read that a way to punish them for bad behaviour is not to remove their phone,electronic devices.......
but to remove their charger, then that way they can still play on their device but the parent can just sit back, smile and watch as the panic starts setting in as the childs device starts to loose battery power, then eventually dies. I thought this was absolutely perfect.
What is your productive way of punishing a child? I'm talking age 9 upwards here by the way."
Wot if it don't run on batterys ?  |
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I find the threat of the Internet being turned off is enough. If he still carries on its still the naughty step. We don't often get that far. My son (11) joined scouts last year and it's done him the world of good. He makes cups of tea and everything now. He can even chop up wood. Girls however, are a different matter. But mine have turned out OK. Few smashed mirrors and doors kicked down the line but part and parcel of being a mum.
Leia x |
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Get them to earn the new one ..... chores etc
