What was your worst punishment from your parents? spanking? time out? car taken away?

Answer 1

The first time I was allowed to drive the family car alone was a few weeks after my 17th birthday. My friend and I shared 4 cans of beer which was 3 too many for both of us. I drove the car home straight into the side of the garage. My folks waited until the next morning and announced I was to be spanked. I insisted I was to old for a spanking at 17. Dad proved me wrong.
Never drunk and drove since.

Answer 2

It's arguable. I look at my Grandfather's generation. He was belted and caned as a boy, both at school and by his parents (he had a wicked streak in him xD) some of it was harmless but some of it was troubling behavior, he wasn't an easy child. But he tells me that he vividly remembers each beating and he has said before that it was probably that which straightened him out (he is absolutely the kindest and sweetest guy imaginable) My Grandmother was caned across the fingers a few times for disrupting her class and refusing to study, she became something of an academic genius (MENSA qualifier) she is also the sweetest person imaginable. I look at them and their generation I think they were a much more respectful and friendly generation overall. Now I don't ever believe that belting and caning are acceptable as they leave both mental and physical scars (I cringe whenever I see the marks on my grandfather's back) and the child lives in partial fear of their parents. My Grandfather was terrified of his father. Fear may make the child respectful but it's something that will probably haunt them for the rest of their lives. I don't think that's right at all. Then you get the parent generation who were still widely exposed to smacking but caning and belting was on the out, now my mother went off the rails entirely so it's not always an effective means of punishment, but I look at my aunts & uncles and the people of their age group and I think they are a lot more agreeable as people and they don't usually recall stories of horrific beatings that haunt them vividly. Then you get my generation, smacking was also on the way out. Now I never received a smack, neither did my cousin but we were the "good kids" my other cousin was smacked all the time and she just couldn't give a damn. My age group (especially in their teen years) mostly went off the rails and rebelled in any way they could. A smack was just an encouragement to misbehave more because parents who tried to punish their children faced the real threat of legal intervention so children knew they could only do so much, they had a weapon to use against their parents. Then child services arrived, then the school boards stepped in and parents became terrified of even BREATHING the wrong way. Smacking was a no-no and the only punishment available was time-outs and groundings. I look at today's generation and I want to cry, the children are largely disrespectful, they behave anti-socially, they're aggressive, they're foul-mouthed and they run rings around their parents. I always tell this story but when I was in college I was working in a restaurant, a family come in and the child start misbehaving, the parents did nothing, they had their meal (disrupting all the other customers) and the boy starts screaming that he wants chocolate ice cream. The parents say no and he throws a tantrum, throwing things in the restaurant. Dad despairs and takes the girl out leaving mum to pay with the boy. She's at the counter and the boy comes running up, KICKS her in the shin and she goes "oh he can have a chocolate milkshake instead" orders one to go and just limps off with the boy happily enjoying his milkshake. If I had done that I would have received a smack and been taken straight home. I would NOT have been REWARDED for my misbehavior. I personally believe that smacking is a perfectly acceptable form of punishment, it's memorable but not overly harmful. This is NOT the same as BEATING a child. That's a big resounding NO! But a few moderately applied smacks with the hand will leave a reminding sting to serve as a motivator for the child. Parents should not have to live in fear about raising their child. Within reason it should be their decision.

Answer 3

The first time I got REALLY drunk it had snowed 10 inches while I was at the party, on top of the 6 inches that had fallen earlier. It took me almost an hour to walk 3 blocks home (I kept falling in snowbanks) and then when I got home (before curfew) my mother yelled at me for not cleaning the bathroom before I went out and made me do it blind drunk while my best friend stumbled around in the hall laughing at me. It was the worst punishment I ever got, yet I have to say it was the smartest as I always cleaned the whole house before I went out and got tanked from then on.

Answer 4

Spanking and having the car taken away.

Answer 5

I didn't like time out or car the taken away.

Answer 6

The Tv

Answer 7

Belted. To this day i can't recall all i did wrong. No, i take that back. Second grade. We had to learn how to read a ruler in school. I had trouble catching on and my father got impatient.

Answer 8

when i was a senior, i went to a party with my boyfriend and kind of fell asleep at his house, well when i got home the next day my mom took my keys to my camaro and put a for sale sign on it and then called me outside when the guy came to buy it, it was soooooo sad!

Answer 9

All of the above...just depended on age...wouldn't say they were worst, learned allot and turned out fine.

Answer 10

My moms two hour lectures about what could happen to me, and what has happened to people she knew. Man.. that woman can put a guilt trip on you so thick that you would sell your right arm just to make her stop!! I love her though.