In the pub tonight, several women were chatting and one mentioned her son who occasionally bullies his sister, annoyed both her and the sister by deliberately spilling paint on one of her skirts.
One of the other women suggested threatening to, or even making him wear the skirt for a short while before making him wash it.
2007-01-25 11:10:09 · 20 answers · asked by p c 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
No I think that it is a form of humiliation and is wrong....making him wash the skirt and letting him know that bullying his sister is wrong, is punishment enough!
2007-01-26 04:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by oxEmmaxo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a teacher once that kept a pink frilly dress in the cupboard. If any of the boys got out of hand they were made to put it on (over their clothing) and stand in the corner of the playground during break. There were never any repeat offenders!
But I would try to get to the bottom of the problem. Does the son feel the daughter gets more attention?
2007-01-25 13:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by xoymaq 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that's a very bad idea, humiliating him can cause others to bully him and more behaviour problems. The mother should find other ways of punishing him, like taking his video games, toys, tv time or whatever he enjoys.
2007-01-25 16:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by angel h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All that would show is that retaliation is the order of the day in that household. There need to be consequences for one's actions, but in the form of compensation or replacement of items ruined. Wearing a skirt could possibly confuse the child, or worse, drive him to play the clarinet!
2007-01-25 11:19:40 · answer #4 · answered by artboy34 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Probably not, but it depends on what she has already tried. If she has tried reasoning with him and tried other forms of punishment and nothing has worked, I say yes make him wear it. Yes it will be a hard lesson for him to learn but it will stay with him.
2007-01-25 11:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by tpbthigb 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I suspect that this question has got nothing to do with the ethics of chastisement and more to do with fantasy. Do what you like in life but don't break the law and don't force it upon anybody.
2007-01-25 11:18:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree with this. I think it would be a better idea to take away something of his own for every time he destroys something of his sister's.
2007-01-25 11:15:51 · answer #7 · answered by flywho 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Humiliating your child is not a way to discipline them. That is really unfair. I think that you can take away something of his that he loves, lke his new Superman shirt or something and then he will know how it feels.
2007-01-25 11:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by Mary 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, that is a terrible punishment. Instead he should have to earn money to buy her a new skirt.
2007-01-25 11:17:37 · answer #9 · answered by notyou311 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i disagree with this there has to be another way to make him understand without demenoring this child. Maybe grounding, or no game systems something to that effect.
2007-01-25 11:35:42 · answer #10 · answered by bambii_27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋