I gave out one of those so-called hip punishments last night. My son was disrespectful with me so I banned him from his farmville farm for 3 days.
As he protested, I took away entire access to facebook, any use of any computer, and his i-pod touch as well. Each thing I pulled the plug on hit him like a blow in the gut. By the time I was finished, he was putty, frail, fetal, on the floor. It didn't have to be that bad. Why did he keep persisting, I wondered. So, I asked,
"Why didn't you stop your disrespectful tone after farmville got pulled?"
"I did!" he screamed as he slammed a door in my face.
"Okay, I guess TV goes too!" I said.
So much for THAT.
1 comment:
my son just told me my punishment wasn't in fact, hip, but, old fashioned. It would have been hip if I were to - say - delete all his weapons in a ninja game.
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