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What are some unique "punishments" you've heard of or used?
I really enjoyed the catchphrase thread... and it made me think about this!
I've only got a 2yo son, so there aren't too many creative punishments in our house - BUT -
My great-great Aunt Bessie, who raised my grandfather and his 3 brothers PLUS her own kids, used to make any of them that were fighting stand with their noses together for awhile.
A friend of mine, who for a time was guardian for her 2 teenage nieces, punished one of them by making her wear the same pants to school every day for 2 weeks. I can't remember how she disobeyed - it was something she got in trouble at school for.
Certain behaviors in our house are not allowed. They are what a "wild animal" would do and we don't allow wild animals to live in our house so they get a time out on the back porch. We have a sliding glass door so we can see them while they are out there. They usually just stand at the door and pout or cry until we let them in. Five minutes is the max. time we would leave them out there, but generally it's more like about two minutes.
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My girls do "laps" on the stairs, all the way down and back up is one lap.
More effective than standing in a corner or sitting in a chair, and they are getting exercise to boot!
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if my kids dont pay attention during homeschool I make then write the preamble to the constitution. Katie my oldest wouldnt sit still in 4th grade and even to this day she knows the preamble by heart now.
I figure it doesnt hurt them and they will learn something at the same time and so far it has worked like a charm.
Ive done the holding hands thing and my kids HATE it but it does work. Im about ready to start doing the lap thing too thats what my parents made me do and in 5th grade i was a #1 runner in track,lol
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the last time the boys were yelling/fighting about something, i told them it was fine to yell but that they had to yell "i love you" as loud as they could. they were cracking up after the first couple of times and of course forgot what they were fighting about.
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I have a freind who makes her kids do jumping jacks when they fight. Like, "Eli, ten jumping jacks!" It always cracks me up.
Oddly enough, I guess redirecting behavior (ala Irina) works for us, becasue I haven't had a situation come up which I thought demanded a punishment. But I also only have one so don't have to deal with the fighting issue so much.
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Yeah, I don't punish my kids. I do send dd to her room if she is being really bad, but that isn't to punish her as much as it is to let me cool off and think of what I want to do.
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