Getting in trouble is a part of life, everyone has experienced it. Punishments are never fun and I suppose that is the point right? For the most part my sister and I are pretty good kids, we rarely get in trouble so therefore our parents rarely have to punish us. When the occasional time comes that it is necessary for a punishment to be given my mom always says, “We need to hit you were it hurts.”
Hitting where it hurts would be different for every toddler, kid, or teenager. It varies with age, personality and certain situation. Having a fifteen minute timeout might devastate a three-year-old but a teenager could care less. When I was younger we would have punishments like no TV for a few days, no dessert after dinner, or going to bed early. Currently I have no time to watch TV, don’t eat much dessert and would absolutely love going to bed early! This is why having no phone or no car is the better punishment for me at this age.
Unfortunately this sort of makes sense; I am just a bit reluctant to say this because I’m living without my phone, car, and computer for the week. I will probably carry on my mom’s style of “hitting where it hurts” type punishing when I have kids someday. Punishments are supposed to require you to think about what it is that you may have done wrong. After the thinking has occurred the goal is to never want to make that mistake again. Believe me, it’s working! I have a lot of questions though and I’m sure many parents wonder the same thing, what is the perfect punishment for parents to give? Is there such thing as being too strict? Not strict enough? I don’t know these answers I was just wondering. I am 99 percent sure there have been multiple studies that could answer this….oh well maybe for another blog down the road.
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