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My son is grounded

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I have been on him the past couple of weeks to stop throwing rocks. well last night he chucked a rock and hit the very back drivers side window on our Sienna. Glass exploded and it took us an hour to clean out the van. The window will be replaced tomorrow for a nice price of $260 + tax :| :| :| Not as bad as i thought it would be but still... :| :| :|

he will be 7 next month, but i dont think he thought he was going to make it to 7 when he broke the window. I was in the back yard and heard the glass shatter and ran to the front yard to see what happend. He was just standing there knowing full well he just made a bad choice, then when he saw me and my my mounting anger he knew he was dead meat.
 
how long is he grounded for? i say he needs to do some chores to help pay for that window.

also, no X-box or GameBoy 😀

i'm such a meanie.
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
how long is he grounded for? i say he needs to do some chores to help pay for that window.

also, no X-box or GameBoy 😀

i'm such a meanie.
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Well to his credit he did say that he would give me all his birthday money to pay for it. Ill take it but just put it in his savings account.
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
how long is he grounded for? i say he needs to do some chores to help pay for that window.

also, no X-box or GameBoy 😀

i'm such a meanie.
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Hardly a meanie. 🙂 Kids need strict discipline or else they will never learn.
 
Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: NatePo717
punishment was.........?
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solitary confinement in his room for one week. no TV or Nintendo.
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Would the financial burden of having to pay for it be more meaningful?

Whether that means docking his allowance or assigning him an hourly "wage" and making him work it off, he should pay for it.

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: moshquerade
how long is he grounded for? i say he needs to do some chores to help pay for that window.

also, no X-box or GameBoy 😀

i'm such a meanie.
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Well to his credit he did say that he would give me all his birthday money to pay for it. Ill take it but just put it in his savings account.
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A good effort on his part, but it seems he needed to make a huge mistake to really learn why you told him to not throw rocks. I bet he wont be picking up rocks for a very very long time.
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: NatePo717
punishment was.........?
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solitary confinement in his room for one week. no TV or Nintendo.
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Would the financial burden of having to pay for it be more meaningful?

Whether that means docking his allowance or assigning him an hourly "wage" and making him work it off, he should pay for it.

Viper GTS
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maybe for a 15 year old but not a 6 year old.
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
how long is he grounded for? i say he needs to do some chores to help pay for that window.

also, no X-box or GameBoy 😀

i'm such a meanie.
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Nope, that is EXACTLY what I would do as well, if they don't hate life when they are punished then it isn't much of a punishment now is it?
 
Originally posted by: junkerman123
beatings are the best remedy
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Someone here said it once, I think it was M4H, in response to the comment that 'violence never solved anything.'

- "Bullsh!t! If violence isn't solving your problems, then you just aren't using enough violence."
 
Originally posted by: NatePo717
punishment was.........?
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Being grounded. I hope he got a spanking, too. Because verbal and restrictions don't seem to work since he didn't stop before.

**EDIT**
Sometimes a spanking has a more well perceived behavioral advantage because it is immediate action while the emotions and experience is still fresh in the mind. It will cause your kid to instantly put two and two together.

Chores and being grounded don't work that way, but they also are good ways of teaching, but is really dependant on what motivates the child to be good.

If the child is smart, he/she can easily find ways of manipulating situation so as to getting out of chores and being grounded, but a spanking is immediate.
 
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