Comments on: Taking Back the Title – Meanest Mom

By: Understanding Teenagers » Are you meaner than this?

Understanding Teenagers » Are you meaner than this? — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:27:09 +0000

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By: tabbi

tabbi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:21:56 +0000

Okay, so I’m very new to this sight. I’m not a parent yet. 24, married, about to buy a house. Next step: kids !?! I’m so thankful for a sight to come to. All of you are so great! Love all the creative ideas. I’m a little ways away from using them, but I cant wait.

By: Gayla McCord

Gayla McCord — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:14:57 +0000

Jane, just curious as to whether or not you still live at home with your parents?

Who pays the house payment?
Who buys the food?
Who pays the utilities?

By: jane

jane — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:03:47 +0000

Here’s some advice for the kid.
Find a good job that pays well (i was an sat tutor in high school, and charging my peers excessive rates but under kaplan) and worked my ass off for a summer to buy myself a car. I bought my own car, pay my OWN insurance.. so if you do that, your mom cant tell you what to do with your car or do something retarded like that. God, what a horrible mom. Mine wouldnt do that. I’m 19

By: BMS

BMS — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:03:48 +0000

I tell my kids that we parents plot and scheme when they are not looking. This site is proof. Buahahahaha.

By: Gayla McCord

Gayla McCord — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:36:50 +0000

Great stories! Creative parenting is the best part of parenting. I say the more creative the punishment, the more likely the kid is to remember it. If it’s the same old boring treatment, there’s nothing there to stand out.

By: Kadi Prescott

Kadi Prescott — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:00:45 +0000

okay, we have a lot of kids and therefore, a lot of stories. Here’s one more:

My son is a pyromaniac of sorts. What boy isn’t? Anyway, he stole a lighter and hid behind a shed in the backyard. He had lit a plastic cup on fire and realized that he couldn’t put it out, so he set it on our wood fence and ran off. Did he tell us? Heck no!
A neighbor finally knocked on the door and told us that our fence was on fire. Unfortunately, we had buyers looking at our house when this happened. Not the best showing we ever had! Our son’s punishment was to help his dad rebuild the fence. We also went online and showed him some gruesome photos of children who had been severely burned by playing with fire.
I think it cured him!

By: Kadi Prescott

Kadi Prescott — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:55:51 +0000

Here’s another harsh punishment moment, for your shock and awe:

My 5 and 6 year old boys were having their cousins stay the night. While they were playing outside, they found a spray paint can that a worker had left behind. Thet decided to be cool and write on our wall.
My husband handed out scrub brushes and solution, and made them clean up the mess. Then they were made to go around the neighborhood and find other grafitti spots to clean up.
People say that our home is the house of hard knocks. If it keeps their noses clean, I can live with such a name!

By: Kadi Prescott

Kadi Prescott — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:50:11 +0000

When my daughter was seven, she grafittied a lunch table at school, at the prodding of her peers. Eventhough this was her first offense ever, we had to make sure that she would remember how serious her violation of rules was.
First, we made her write a letter of aopology to her teacher and the principal. Then, we grounded her from the Disneyland trip that she was supposed to take the following day, with her cousin.
It was harsh, yes, but she has never done anything to violate a school rule since!

By: BMS

BMS — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:34:40 +0000

When my kids were 4 and 5, they whined, complained and threw fits about having to do chores. These *impossible* chores included putting their clothes in the hamper, clearing their plates when they were done eating, and feeding the fish. So one day, I locked up all the toys and we had a day of REAL chores. They scrubbed floors on their hands and knees, sorted and put away laundry, cleaned the banisters on the staircase, vacuumed, dusted, and anything else I could think of that would not involve dangerous chemicals or equipment. After that day, I asked “Now do you think your chores are hard?” All I have to do is remind them of that day now, and I get the chores I want done right away.