I had to ground Bailey this week.
Now when I mention this I am assuming that you all are transporting back in time to when you are a child and you had to be grounded. I know that I have memories of hanging off my front porch yelling to my friends that I couldn't come off the porch because I was grounded and I am sure you all have had experience such as this as well. Not being able to run off and play with friends. Having to just watch the street ball game from your window. And the teasing from your siblings as they came home all hot and sweaty from running wild.
Bailey's not grounded that way. In fact, I had to explain to Dillon why her punishment looks differently then his would have. He is used to not being able to play on the computer, with the Wii or being able to watch TV when he is grounded. Those are things that matter to him. Especially when he had to miss the entire first round of the hockey playoffs because he brought home Thursday folders two weeks in a row with an F in them. So sad, but then again he is not Bailey.
Only she is Bailey. It is very difficult to punish her. She just shrugs her shoulders and goes happily on her way to something else. But this week, I found a weakness.
On Thursday morning Bailey got up and was down in the kitchen crafting away and not getting ready for school. She had the markers out and her doodle bear. I had warned her once that she needed to get ready. She decided this was more important.
She was grounded for not listening. Grounded from crafting.
Yes, crafting.
Three days without markers, glue, paper, beads, bracelets, pictures, any crafting materials what-so-ever. And she was crushed!
Screamed and screamed and carried on like a wild thing.
Even her teacher came to me that morning to see why she was out of sorts.
Her time is almost up and she has been able to get through it... almost.
She was caught making a bead bracelet today.
I guess she will have to wait one more day before she can craft again.
3 comments:
oh my gosh. LOL!! You gotta do what works! It's been a while since we've had to do a 'full' grounding, but we *do* take away Wii time for the day. You would think I was taking away food!
I think Sophie's head might explode. I'm sure the crafting ban is in her future, too, though, since that's what matters to her AND she has more than a little trouble listening.
Right now, I take away her "babies." There are dozens of them, and they fall in and out of favor like raindrops, but if I take any away-- for any amount of time-- she is distraught.
Whatever works!
Madeline's harder, though-- the only thing she REALLY loves is reading. And you can't ground a kid from reading, can you???
I'm glad my mom wasn't as smart as you...that would have worked for me much better than any of the punishments she tried.
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