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Originally Posted by Lee.
Nah.. I don't think he would. He actuall comes across as quite a reasonable fella to me and he carried out her punishment in a calm and collected fashion.
I think punishing kids is all about "hitting them where it hurts" (i don't mean that literally) This dad has obviously tried other ways of punishing her before but has worked out that to destroy her laptop would get to her more than a grounding.
I've tried everything with my daughter from banning games consoles to naughty steps but nothing works. Eventually I realised how much she loves Brownies so if she's cheeky or disrespectful I don't allow her to go. I don't like doing it as she cries for about an hour but but it scares me to think what she'll grow into if I just let bad behaviour go unpunished.
Parenting isn't easy... its a struggle sometimes, but I get pissed off by the molly-cuddling, nanny pamby culture we live in where kids have no respect because discipline is more or less frowned upon from parents, teachers, police etc.
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No thats really good! You didnt 'destroy' Brownies so she could never go in the foreseeable, but she will slowly learn she has to be good to be rewarded and be able to go every week or whatever.
All he had to do is take away that laptop for a month. Repeated offence another month. Again? Another month. She would soon learn especially when coursework comes up and she has to spend weekends in the libary if he refused to give it back even for work.
If every parent public himilated their children when they acted spoilt it wouldnt be a very nice world tbh