torturing your children...
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I once went crazy and took EVERY toy away for 48hours. I mean I left NOTHING. My four year old still remembers that weekend.0
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I will replace one item of lost school uniform a year. After that, the cost of replacing it comes out of the culprit's allowance. And when they broke my lamp (after being told twice in quick succession to stay away from it) I made them not only pay for the replacement but also the mileage for me to drive to Ikea and back to buy it (and when they moaned I told them to just be thankful that I wasn't charging them for my time, too...).
They're 12 and 14, they have to learn to take care of stuff.
They're also smart, funny and gorgeous and I'm a very proud mom!0 -
One night I went out to dinner with some friends, and my mom/brother took the other car to the restaurant, used the spare key to move the car I drove, and waited to watch me freak out when I left the restaurant and couldn't find the car....which was now on the other side of the parking lot.
Aside from that, not a lot of crazy rules in our house, just use good judgement and common sense. I don't know how you guys keep up with all the rules you have, I think it would be exhausting having to manage kids so closely! But maybe I'll change wehn I have my own...0 -
well, I enforced one of my rules today. Our 11 and 9 year old got in trouble and grounded on Saturday - No pool, no friends, no telephone, they are not allowed to stay home while I run into town to the grocery store. On top of all of this, they had to do all my usual Monday chores by themselves, while I sat and put my feet up today. They had to tear apart the kitchen, scrub counters, empty and reload the dishwasher, sweep and mop the floor, and then dust and vacuum the livingroom. They also had to take care of all the recycling and trash cans. This is a two hour job for me - it took them 2 1/2 hrs to get it done. They apologized for their actions, but they still have 3 more days of grounding.
That's awesome. GIves them discipline and gives you what's probably a much needed break!! I love it.0 -
One night I went out to dinner with some friends, and my mom/brother took the other car to the restaurant, used the spare key to move the car I drove, and waited to watch me freak out when I left the restaurant and couldn't find the car....which was now on the other side of the parking lot.
Aside from that, not a lot of crazy rules in our house, just use good judgement and common sense. I don't know how you guys keep up with all the rules you have, I think it would be exhausting having to manage kids so closely! But maybe I'll change wehn I have my own...
I'd totally screw with my kids like that0 -
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No electronics in the bedroom, period, for my 5 year old son. Only books and drawing paper/crayons are allowed. Electronics are in the basement and he has 1 hour 'screen time' during the week. 3 hours during weekend.
I also make him do 50 stomach crunches a day and 50 jumping jacks. EVERY MORNING. That is why he has a 6 pack.
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I'm a MEAN mom... and frequently hear "This is the worst day of my life!" Which just means I'm doing my job right!!! I have four kids, 2 boy's 2 girls, and they range in age from 10 to 5.
My "meanest" or "latest" rule is if you do something mean or disrespectful to another member of the family then YOU owe THEM a chore! I make the chore assignment so that it is fair and goes with the severity of the offense. It has to be something that will be helpful to the offended party. Making a bed, picking up their laundry, washing windows, unloading the dishwasher, dusting, cleaning the bathroom, doing one of their reg. chores, etc...
If they don't like dinner and refuse to eat a decent / acceptable amount then it goes in the fridge and they get to have it for breakfast! It only takes once or twice of soggy taco's or cold soup before they decide that they will eat dinner when it's WARM!
If they don't behave in public or at church then they "EARN" laps... We have a long driveway and a lap is all the way to the end and back. If they have been warned more then once and still keep up the bad behavior then they earn laps that correspond with their age 5 year old starts with 5, 10 year old with 10 etc... If it continues they add additional laps to that number.
I've made my boy's 10 & 8 get out of bed and run laps when they won't settle down and go to bed and have been warned multiple times. They didn't think I was going to make them run when it was dark... But that is what car head lights are for! They went to bed quietly after the laps were done.
If they are being REALLY LOUD in the car and can't settle when asked they get to walk... They walk on the far side of the shoulder of the road and I follow behind with my hazards on. It takes longer to get home but at least they aren't yelling in the car! Thankfully we live in the middle of nowhere and there isn't much traffic! Usually all I have to say is "Do I need to stop the car so you can walk?!?!?"
I took my O.D.S. NEW BIKE away because he refused to wear his socks and shoes when riding it! It was just for two day's... but because he wouldn't stay off it until he was allowed to have it back it kept getting extended. So now it's at a friends house until he can earn it back... At this point it's not looking good!
They all have chores and are only allowed 30 minutes of TV each daily. So they can choose to watch a movie, and use all of their TV time together, or each gets to pick a 30 minute show. They have to play outside in the morning after breakfast and in the afternoon we have an allotted Quite time, when it's to hot to be outside... they can read, color, do puzzles, play card games etc... But no Video Games/TV/Computer....
Their beds have to be made, their rooms picked up, (Not perfect but according to their age.) and pet's have to be fed & watered before they have breakfast... I usually just have to ask "If you can't feed them then why should I feed you?"
I've been a little lax the last couple weeks... time to crack down again after the chaos that ensued today! Summer hours are over at our house! After three hours with friend and playing in the pool they destroyed their rooms and mine too! While I was making dinner in the kitchen!
In less then an hour their rooms went from being picked up and clean to COMPLETE DISASTER areas!!! Including drawers pulled out of the dressers and toy's all dumped out of toy boxes! They aren't going to be happy in the A.M.!!!
Wow that's really LONG!!! Sorry!!
I'm sure there are more... I told you I am a MEAN Mom!
P.S. They are losing everything but their bedding tomorrow! Can't keep it picked up and be respectful of other people's things then you don't need "things" of your own... they are going to be earning thing's back for a while!
That is so great that I'm copying it and sending it to my husband. Man, are my kids going to hate you! I just love it.0 -
I used to have trouble waking up in the morning when I was a teenager. My mom tried a variety of different tactics to get me out of the bed. She turned on the light, I'd pull the covers over my head to block it out. She'd sprinkle cold water on my face, but it didn't phase me. She'd pull the covers off onto the floor, I'd just roll over and curl up into the fetal position. Finally, she discovered that I find early morning cheerfulness VERY annoying, so around 5:30am, she'd start singing at the top of her lungs, "YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE, MY ONLY SUNSHINE! YOU MAKE ME HAAAAPPPPYYYYY WHEN SKIES ARE GRAY....." or "RISE AND SHINE, LAZY SLEEPYHEAD! GET THOSE LAZY BONES OUT OF THE BED...". I'd holler, "PLEASE STOOOOOPPPPP!!!" She kept singing anyway because she knew that I'd get up just so she'd shut up.0
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My children are grown now but my favorite was when they were preteen and teenagers and we would be out in public and they were acting up or giving attitude I would say, " Do you want me to embarass you?" They knew I would nothing too bad I was embarassment enough at that age. LOL
Mine is, "Do you want me to still take you places?" That's the ultimate threat for my 16 year old (he can't drive here like back in the states. He gets to drive on base only and I have to drive him to the base anyway). I don't even have to say it loud.0 -
This isn't a punishment--just my idea of good fun, but if there was a sprinkler hanging out in the road I would put their window down, locking it on my side and drive as close to the sprinkler as I could giving them a good "rinse" right in the kisser and laugh and laugh and laugh! My grown daughter says I'm the only mother with children who have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from sprinklers. My 26-year-old son says even now when he drives by them he starts blinking. My oldest son has vowed that when I'm old he plans to pick me up from the home, park me next to the nearest sprinkler and leave me there! So, just remember parents--take it from Ginging--don't do anything that will come back to bite you later! :noway:0
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Oh I love this one. Gotta try it on my son.
If I see my son peed outside the toilet ( as most males do ) I make him clean it. Then mop. Also he has to lower the seat. One day my future daughter in law will thank me!
I don't know what kind of males you are accustomed to in your life, but NO, we don't all pee outside the toilet. That's just nasty.
Thank you. I appreciate you defending your fellow males in this instance. But rest assured, I'm sure when this boy grows up, he will have enough complexes and insecurities that he probably won't come around anymore. Payback can be grand.0 -
One year the kids were not takin care of their video games. I was already tired of it. I went to the check out system for awhile. Then one day they took a whole portfolio, that held almost all their games, out of the house and "lost it." (Found out a few years later it was left in the rain and they didnt want to admit it). They didn't get a game system again for another year and a half. Since then, they have not only paid for their own game systems, which I'm clear that I still own rights over it, but I refuse to buy another game. They have to save up for every game they own or get them from others as gifts. I don't buy them as gifts either.0
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I like to pick on my son. it's a frat house in here, so he's just one of the boys.0
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My children (3 year old twins) HATE, HATE, HATE it when I count... giving them a short time frame to do something in. I give them a chance to follow direction, and if they dont within a reasonable amount of time, I start the countdown. The faster I count, the faster they move. I like to experiement with speed. They always scream "NO!! DON'T COUNT, MAMA!!" as they are scrambling. Lol. I love to see how fast they can move.
OMG! I always thought that was so weird, my twins too (they are 6 now).
They HATE it!!! lol...0 -
My girls are grown up now (18 & 22) but my hubby still likes to torture them. His favorite is to bellow their name in a "you're in so much trouble" kind of voice and when they come running to see what they did wrong he smiles and says "just wanted you to know I love you". He also likes to sneak up and scare our youngest because she's a screamer and it amuses him. He actually made her pee her pants once when her and her best friend were dancing around with the music blaring and we just got home. He snuck up right behind her. Luckily she doesn't require therapy yet! LOL0
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My four and five year old have to clean up the dog poop in the yard - every day! I also make them read every day and practice tying shoes. I certainly must be the devil!
YES! This is the WORST punishment I can lay down on my 10 yr old son. You would think I've asked him to cut off his own arm or something! He's actually volunteered in the past to skip tv/not play with his ds/ipod instead of cleaning the doo-doo - that's how you know that's it's an effective punishment - LOL!!0 -
I have a 3yr old boy and I love love love this topic...It really gives me some great ideas of things to do b/c I am pretty lenient with him, I was way more strict with my now 19yr old son and he is a very good young man and I am so proud of him but for some reason (maybe it's old age..lol) I let my 3yr old get away with so much more than I let my oldest when he was young...
I really need to follow some of these rules that you all have put on here to start using with my youngest...Especially no TV or certain shows or take away his cars - Those are his favorite things...
I am saving this to my favorites for future reference and I am sure I will be reading this more as time passes...lol
You got to teach them while they are young to be respectful and responsible b/c it's too late once they reach a certain age!!!
So thank you to all who share your rules b/c they will come in handy for me at least in the very near future!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0 -
My daughter is 17 and my son is 14. When they don't do the small chores required of them I unhook the satellite and internet connections. Gets the point across in a hurry!
I also like to sing to embarrass them. One of my son's least favorites is when I belt out my rendition of "Sexy and I know it!"0 -
I used to have trouble waking up in the morning when I was a teenager. My mom tried a variety of different tactics to get me out of the bed. She turned on the light, I'd pull the covers over my head to block it out. She'd sprinkle cold water on my face, but it didn't phase me. She'd pull the covers off onto the floor, I'd just roll over and curl up into the fetal position. Finally, she discovered that I find early morning cheerfulness VERY annoying, so around 5:30am, she'd start singing at the top of her lungs, "YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE, MY ONLY SUNSHINE! YOU MAKE ME HAAAAPPPPYYYYY WHEN SKIES ARE GRAY....." or "RISE AND SHINE, LAZY SLEEPYHEAD! GET THOSE LAZY BONES OUT OF THE BED...". I'd holler, "PLEASE STOOOOOPPPPP!!!" She kept singing anyway because she knew that I'd get up just so she'd shut up.
I'll have to try that! Annoying the kids is better when it makes me HAAAAPPPPYYYYY0 -
One more thing I do to my son: When he isn't quick in getting ready to go (he spends more time getting dressed and combing his hair than I do with my makeup etc ) he has to go jean shopping with me.
He's accustomed to holding my purse, bags etc. Other mothers ask me how I do it cuz their boys are just mayhem in the stores.0 -
'My children (3 year old twins) HATE, HATE, HATE it when I count... giving them a short time frame to do something in. I give them a chance to follow direction, and if they dont within a reasonable amount of time, I start the countdown. The faster I count, the faster they move. I like to experiement with speed. They always scream "NO!! DON'T COUNT, MAMA!!" as they are scrambling. Lol. I love to see how fast they can move.
That doesn't work for my son... he screams "Don't count! I can't do it that fast!" and then just starts running around in circles and doesn't get anything done. lol.0 -
I figure it's torture enough that I'm molding aka brain washing them into being another version of me.
The only thing I can think of -since they are young-is teasing them about "girlfriends". Especially my boy. My stepson is OK, but my son had to be split up w/a girl in kindergarten. They were holding hands in class.....SHEESH0 -
Is there a Dear Abby in the house? NO, this is a diet blog.
i know i should ignore people like you but sometimes i cant. Do something with your hair please.0 -
Shackles and branding irons are reserved only for adults...0
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:laugh:Is there a Dear Abby in the house? NO, this is a diet blog.
i know i should ignore people like you but sometimes i cant. Do something with your hair please.0 -
I have parental controls on my daughters phone that keeps her from texting anyone that I don't allow and from downloading any app I don't approve of first. She is also blocked from using any data on her phone. (her punishment from not behaving on FB)0
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Before I had kids I would have thought most of you were horrible parents and that my kids would never need such punishment cause they would be perfect children.....:huh:
Now that I have kids (13 and 9).....I'm taking notes! Going to put some of these new things into action.
I often take away the xbox cord, our computer is under password so only I can give them access.
If they fight together, call each other names etc....they are made to give each other a hug as well as sit and hold hands until I feel they have been loving enough (lol I love this one)
My son's cell phone gets taken away when it is not used properly
My daughter loves to slam her bedroom door. She has had it taken away. lol0 -
Just wondering what "mean" thing you do to your children...for instance at 10 pm we have a rule that our 17 year old daughter turn off her phone and ipad and leave it in the hallway by our bedroom...and then it's time for bed. This ensures no texting or interrupted sleep. (awful isn't it!)
we also have a rule that you can only swear at the dinner table too. But so far, she hasn't done it.
mean parents!
OOOHHHH I sooooooo love this idea, Can I steal it???!!!! I think this is a new rule to implement at my house!! Thanks for sharing!!0
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