My boyfriend grounded his son from TV for a week...this weekend is the moms weekend with the son...should she also be made to NOt let him watch TV while he is there. The decision to not let him watch TV was never discussed with her but my boyfriend thinks she should follow thru with the punishment...The mother only has the son 4 days a month...What are your thoughts?
2007-03-07 09:02:33 · 9 answers · asked by karaoke742000 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Turn off the TV and SPEND TIME WITH YOU SON!!!!!!!!
You only have him 4 days a month and you want to sit him in front of the TV? Esshh. YOu boyfriend is right,
2007-03-07 09:12:17 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mother can do whatever she wants when she has her son. But for the boy to really learn about doing things that are wrong she should follow the grounding of no tv. Otherwise he will feel like dad is the bad guy and mom is the best. Which will make it really difficult for the child to growup knowing right from wrong.
2007-03-07 17:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off if he has custody of the boy then he should not have to discuss the punishing with the boys mother. BUT what I would do is explain to her calmingly why he has gotten into trouble and that he wishes that she would continue with the punishment when he is visiting her. No matter how long she has him if the punishment is not carried over then the boy will learn that he can get what he wants when he is with his mother causing resent towards the father. Then the boy will learn he can play his parents against each other causing more problems.
2007-03-07 17:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by Rigssy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I think your b/f should punish his son on his own time. The mother only sees him 4 days a month so she should be able to spend that time with him however she chooses........hopefully not in front of the TV anyway!!!!!!
2007-03-07 17:31:44 · answer #4 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, what does the mom say? He should discuss it w/ her and ask hey what are your thoughts on this? But when my husband and i only got his kids every other wkend it was hard to discipline them seeig how we only saw them four days a month, Now they live w/ us for the last 5 yrs. so it is a different story LOL... But what she does w/ her son on her time w/ him is her business, you can not expect her to do that, yes it would be awesome of her to also follow through w/ the punishment it would be more of a lesson learned for him ...
2007-03-07 22:01:33 · answer #5 · answered by laci 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought long and hard about this and I would not punish the child for an unknown transgression. I would explain to the child, however, that you could and would do the same if he or she did something to deserve it.
2007-03-07 17:16:33 · answer #6 · answered by smecky809042003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is your boyfriend and his ex-wife's business---you should have no opinion either way about it. Wait until something comes along that concerns you.
2007-03-07 21:34:24 · answer #7 · answered by papyrusbtl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she can do whatever she wants and trust me...no matter what she says, she will not be restricting him from tv....get over it....did the boy learn a lesson? ok then, time to move on
2007-03-07 17:12:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would be nice if she would follow through but I wouldn't expect it.
2007-03-07 17:20:00 · answer #9 · answered by Zabes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋