I Just Told My Kids If They Dont Go To Bed They Will Sleep In The...

[chcknrs]

Be VERY careful what you threaten!
When my son was about 4, my brother threatened him with a "swirly". He asked what it was, so DB told him. He ran off and came back a few minutes later with his hair dripping wet and in a swirly pattern!

 

[conny63malies]

 

[DuckLady]

Once my Mom picked up the phone dialed it.
"Acme Orphanage?I have 2 bad girls for you for free."
Then she says "Yes, that's right, Terrie and Sue."
She hung up and said "They don't want you either. Go to your rooms"
I think we were good for a week or more after that.

 

[mahsmaj]

My mom has always said that she is going to give me back to my real mom... the one that lives on MARS!!!

 

[silkiechicken]

Boy I gotta remember these! I don't think my parents threatened me with anything so I can't say what the best one is.

 

[TheOLDNewChick]

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I have to tell my parents to behave when I have friends come over. We joke like that around my house, too...but most of my friends parents would DIE. So...I have to remind my 'rents to keep it to a minimum.

 

[Chamelle]

As far as actual discipline goes, there ARE no 'threats'. EVER. We have rules with consequences if they're broken.

My 'threats' are only ever ridiculous. Since my kids were tiny I have never once made them believe that I was really going to do something, when I didn't have any intention of following through with it.

On the other hand... I love threatening them with crazy, mean, punitive, disrespectful things.... I guess I'm just that special kind of twisted. I've threatened to chop fingers off if they touched my cake, threatened to beat them with sticks, club them like baby harp seals... terrible terrible things! I have wondered sometimes what I must sound like to someone outside my family or friends when they hear me say something like "stop making that sound or I'll duct tape your mouth shut forever" or "If you keep whacking that toy on the stairs I'm going to break it in to 15 thousand pieces". lol

I agree with the above poster who said that if your kids are sensitive, not to joke with them like that. Since my children have never been disciplined with violence, are amazingly secure, GOOD kids.... I can totally get away with threatening to beat them with sticks, and they just roll thier eyes.

I also tell them things like 'you are the most amazing person that I know, and I can't BELIEVE how lucky I am that I get to be your mom." hopefully it cancels out the threat to set their room on fire, eh?

NewChick... teenagers are so fun! One of the best ways we have of clearing a room is DH will announce "Mom and I are going to start making out!!" Poof!! all three kids are GONE. It's horrifying for them to even consider their parents gettin it on!

 

[Beekissed]

By the way, I should point out that my kids all have my odd sense of humor and enjoy this type of teasing. If you have an overly sensitive kids, please don't tease them this way.

Last edited by deb1 (Today 8:01 am)

My 3 boys and I also have a weird and twisted sense of humor. You should see their Sunday School teacher's face when we insult each other all the time.

Once she told me that we shouldn't do that as it is disrespectful to each other. Well, I couldn't resist..... I told her:

"Well, I notice you are always complaining about how your kids moved away and don't ever come home to visit you. You also complain that they got into drugs, alcohol and bad living. My boys don't hesitate to hug me in public, tell me they love me every day, always kiss me good night and do as their told. Maybe you should have teased yours a little more, huh?"

She no longer makes comments about my parenting skills....

 

[BettyR]

I’m also one of those parents that used to tease my kids with outrageous threats of violence they knew were silly.

I think kids whose parents spend enough time with them to have this kind of open communication are kids who know they are loved. I can’t tell you how many of my kid’s friends would want to come over to our house to hang out then end up spending their time talking to me. I got the feeling that these kids were starved for adult attention and that I was the only one that was willing to take the time to sit down and listen to what they had to say.

My kids would come home and tell me that their friends thought I was so cool. I wasn’t cool at all, I was just the only person who thought their friends had something worth while to say and was willing to spend a little bit of my time listening to them.

It’s really amazing what kids are willing to tell you and all you have to do is sit down, keep your mouth shut and listen to what they have to say.

I can’t tell you how many parents would tell me that their kids won’t talk to them…the real problem is the kids don’t have anyone who is willing to spend the time to sit down a listen to them. You can’t judge them or preach about what they need to do you have to be willing to sit and listen. Usually if you listen long enough to let the kids put into words what is on their mind they will come up with an acceptable solution for most of their problems on their own.

 

[Break an Egg]

LOL my kids knew I wasn't kidding. If I say it I mean it. I have made my 8 yr old DSD sleep in the kitchen because she refused to eat supper. When they have refused to do chores or to do what I say they spend an hour outside in the backyard (in south Texas) which is worse then standing in the corner.

I don't spank, so sometimes I have to be a little creative.