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Punishments: What works/what doesnt?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 371619" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I like how Whatamess handles this. Another thing that I think I just read in a post within the last few days was to take the paying back one step forward in that the child has to GO TO THE STORE to find the item and purchase it himself (with adult supervision along the way). I thought that was AWESOME!!! You know how hard it is to find something in a store that you normally don't look for? It is WORK!!! Then to SEE the price of the item (not just be told by parents) and watch it being rung up with possible tax added on. It may not work, but it is worth a try!</p><p> </p><p>I think that tripling the price is rather harsh and I bet it was done out of anger. It is so easy for our anger to want to pound the lesson in so severly that he/she has to take notice but than most of the time the focus gets off the offense and on to emotions (yours) and then the wrong lessons are learned causing further strife in the family. If your husband can come to terms with going back to the original price (or replacement price if the cost rose) it may go a long way for him to apologize for letting his anger get the best of him but still stand for what is right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 371619, member: 5096"] I like how Whatamess handles this. Another thing that I think I just read in a post within the last few days was to take the paying back one step forward in that the child has to GO TO THE STORE to find the item and purchase it himself (with adult supervision along the way). I thought that was AWESOME!!! You know how hard it is to find something in a store that you normally don't look for? It is WORK!!! Then to SEE the price of the item (not just be told by parents) and watch it being rung up with possible tax added on. It may not work, but it is worth a try! I think that tripling the price is rather harsh and I bet it was done out of anger. It is so easy for our anger to want to pound the lesson in so severly that he/she has to take notice but than most of the time the focus gets off the offense and on to emotions (yours) and then the wrong lessons are learned causing further strife in the family. If your husband can come to terms with going back to the original price (or replacement price if the cost rose) it may go a long way for him to apologize for letting his anger get the best of him but still stand for what is right. [/QUOTE]
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