By Mom - 05/02/2010 06:20 - United States

Today, I grounded my son for being a smart ass. Now he can't go to the cub scout campout this weekend. He's been howling, sobbing, stomping, slamming and screaming for about three continuous hours. I am not sure who this punishment has inflicted more suffering on: my son or me. FML
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mf09 0

I happen to be the OP and to the folks who think I am mean because I didn't let him go to the scouting event: it is a SPECIAL event. He's not out of scouts. He just needed a really serious wake up call. To the folks who think I am mean because I punished him for being a smart ass: The reality is this was a compound offense. He got into trouble for not doing what I asked and got a minor punishment (chores). He got mouthy about the chores and lost his special event. To the folks who think I need to paddle him more: you may be right but he's getting too old for that. To the folks who think I shouldn't let him throw the tantrum: Awesome idea, beyond smacking him as suggested and grounding him as done, what's the methodology for that? He stayed in his room to howl and holler. I ignored it and posted my FML. Special event at school next week will be cancelled too if he keeps it up. Love my boy. Tough love today.

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kbiz 0

i think you are being exactly the right kind of parent. good job.

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hkguy 0

Nah - it sounds like the discipline was WAAAAAYYYY overdue!

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teacher411 0

It's good that you punished him only if he was being disrespectful.

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nonotme 0

If only parents punished their kids properly, you wouldn't be in this predicament. Smack him til he cries, he'll learn: 1) Being a smartass gets your ass kicked (tip: it does out in the real world, too. It's a valuable life lesson.) 2) Only to step out of line at his own risk. So basically, YDI for pussing out on punishing your kid.

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Whiterabbitm1 0

be an inforceive parents and ground his ass again if he doesn't start behaveing it's not that hard!

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olw25 0

push over parents...beat that ass but I'm sure ur too soft for that. let me guess ur toughest form of punishment is timeout. tell him if he wants to cry u will give him something to cry about and if he continues he will get some more. get his ass in line or when he gets older he will disrespect u, be spanking ur ass and putting u on punishment.

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Kristoffer 35

Stay the course; if you relent, he'll only learn that this type of behavior gets the results he wants.

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TotchiNeko 0

your son is a little shit. I would have slapped him already.

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TotchiNeko 0

honestly bringing race up is stupid. there are shitty parents from every race. whether they don't discipline or they discipline too much.

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KRUSH_fml 0

dont make him miss an important milestone in his life. Smack him on the mouth next time. he wont be a smartass anymore

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