disciplining my kids. What creative punishment did you recieve or do you inflict on your kids.
"one of my co-workers on his daughter, the one where she kept leaving the milk out, and he made her carry around the spoiled gallon of milk all day. I wonder why more parents don't get creative like that with their discipline. Certainly there are punishments much more interesting than just grounding and spanking. Of all of the methods, the craziest punishment that I have ever heard of was from one of my friends that I worked on airplanes with, in Wichita. When he and his brothers were bad, his mom would toss handfuls of dry rice on the kitchen floor and make them kneel on it for varying lengths of time. He said it was uncomfortable as hell, but it never even left a mark. What a darn creative woman. My parents were much more of traditionalists; what about yours? What strange punishments have you endured or heard of?
2006-11-19 05:17:00 · 8 answers · asked by strictmom 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Kneeling on rice is a piece of cake!!! Try beans or corn kernel for about 2 hours!!!That is how I was raised!!Plus the traditional, belt,guava tree branch's, shoes and whatever else you can find!!!
This is the way we are raised in Brazil!!!
2006-11-19 06:23:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
For me, "creative punishment" means incorporating natural consequences into a child's discipline. Natural or logical consequences happen naturally... they are consequences that would naturally follow a child's actions. If they refuse to eat their dinner, they are hungry. If they break something, they have to pay to replace it. It's not really "punishment", but teaching responsibility and accountability.
2006-11-19 09:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by dolphin mama 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I never had to "punish" my daughter. We used behavior and rewards. She did not automatically get television time, videos, games, computer. These were priveliges in our home that had to be earned. If she behaved all day she would get 1/2 hour - hour of time either watching television or videos or playing with her game system. She never had a televsion in her room, never had a stereo in her room, did not have her own phone, did not have a game system in her room nor a computer. When she did not behave she did not earn the priveliges. When she was 17 she had saved up enough money to finally purchase her own television, her game system was moved to her room at that time...she was after all 17 years old. At 19 she purchased her own computer system for her room, prior to she used the computer system in the family room where she could be supervised at all times. I never had to resort to grounding her or hitting her to get her to behave even during "the terrible twos".
When I was growing up my father literally beat us as his form of discipline (I received a broken nose and muscle and nerve damage along the left side of my face as a result) and my mother's discipline of choice was emotional/verbal abuse. I broke the chain and have never regretted my form of child rearing.
2006-11-19 06:56:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I had a ex-boyfriend whom told me his dad used to make him kneel in pile of salt. I dont think it was right myself. My parents were traditionalists as well I got hit by a belt.
2006-11-19 05:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
We use strength/endurance building exercises as punishment. For example push-ups, sit-ups, standing in squat position, there are lots to use. I figure if they are going to have an attitude problem at least they will be in shape...LOL
2006-11-19 05:53:55 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle V 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Some of that stuff sounds like child abuse to me. Since when does torture equal discipline? We had 4 kids in 5 years. There ages now are18, 17, 16, 13.
They are the greatest, self motivated, they're happy in their own skin. We simply taught them to take personal responsibility for everything they chose to do. We gave them the same respect that we wanted from them. It's amazing when you treat someone you love with respect and honesty, what happens. Most parents lie, cheat and steal their way to make their kids comply. That's why the world is filled with dysfunction.
Parents primary directive is to instill self esteem and self worth within their children. If we accomplish this goal, everything falls into place.
Some parents treat there kids worse than they treat their pets. That's why there are so many angry teenagers and pseudo adults in the world.
Discipline is not about torturing, abusing someone into submission. It's about teaching life long lessons creatively and honorably.
2006-11-19 06:56:10 · answer #6 · answered by Logicnreason 2 · 6⤊ 6⤋
Slapping them on the buttocks with a hand or implement, known also as "spanking." These days it's apparently so unusual that this once classic punishment could be deemed "creative"
2006-11-19 14:04:17 · answer #7 · answered by O'Shea 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
We used to just get yelled at and spanked. If we were really bad we'd get the belt. I remember when I was little, spanking was the only thing that got my attention!
2006-11-19 06:47:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Better than corporal punishment. That stuff blows.
2006-11-19 09:32:27 · answer #9 · answered by cjm 3 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋