Parenting

Punishment: Going to Bed Without Dinner?

I was shopping the other day and a kid was straight wilding out.  His mother was trying to talk to him through her teeth as mother's who want to kill their kids in public sometimes do.  I overheard her say, "If you keep up, when we get home, you're going to bed immediately without dinner!"

I hadn't heard that threat in a long, long time.  I believe my mother used to threaten it but I can't remember a time she actually followed through with that particular threat.  I mean...no dinner?  I can see no dessert or no strawberry milk or lemonade but no dinner?  Wouldn't that be considered cruel and unusual punishment?

What do you think?  Is a punishment of no dinner an acceptable punishment for a child or do you think it's a bad punishment?

What are some of the punishments you've used which are on the creative side that you felt worked?

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: "Coming Out"

The other day, a child I love was watching "Sponge Bob" on Nickelodeon.  The child's mother was passing by the room where he was watching it, during the day, and was stopped in her tracks about a promo of a show, "Coming Out," about gay children coming out.  The show was going to air at night...but the promo was shown during the day.  One of the kids in the promo was a 7 year old boy.  Others were teenagers.

Upon investigation of the show, she found that the emphasis is on preventing bullying against gay kids and she got that, of course, but she still felt some kinda way about the promo running when it did on a channel she allows her young child to watch before 6pm.

Where are you on this?  

You good?

Mommy / Daddy Assignment!

Shelly and 1969 interviewed their kids years ago and the answers made me scream with laughter!  They're older now so I'm thinking their answers won't be as funny but still adorable as all get out.

So...why not interview YOUR kids too!  Here are the questions, share the answers along with child's first or nickname and age!

Name, Age 

1.What is something mom always says to you? 

2. What makes mom happy? 

3. What makes mom sad? 

4. How does your mom make you laugh? 

5. What was your mom like as a child? 

6. How old is your mom? 

7. How tall is your mom? 

8. What is your mom's favorite thing to watch on TV? 

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? 

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? 

11. What is your mom really good at? 

12. What is your mom not very good at? 

13. What does your mom do for her job? 

14. What is your mom's favorite food? 

15. What makes you proud of your mom? 

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? 

17. What do you and your mom do together? 

18. How are you and your mom the same? 

19. How are you and your mom different? 

20. How do you know your mom loves you? 

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?