Today, to teach my 14-year-old son a serious lesson for bullying a child at school again, I grounded him for the rest of the year. He just snorted and said, "Cool, I'll just jack off all year then! Thanks, mum!" and happily retreated to his bedroom. FML
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Today, I grounded my son after finding out that he's been bullying other kids at school. He got mad and screamed at me, calling me a "bastard". Instead of defending me, my wife got pissed and accused me of having taught our son to swear like that. I can never win. FML
Today, I finally had it with the redneck bully who's been tormenting me. He was repeatedly poking and pinching me and laughing out loud during class, so I slung him to the ground, pinning him. I got suspended. They only called his parents, who never do anything; my "caring" parents are looking into teen boot camp. FML
Today, I finally stood up to the guy who's been bullying me for the last 2 years. Even though he's been caught in the act several times, he never gets punished, so I figured I'd get away with gut-punching him. Nope. An hour later, I was suspended from school. FML
Today, my dad grounded me for two weeks for profusely swearing at my misbehaving laptop. After some arguing, he actually accepted my half-joking offer to play a game of CoD over it. His condition was that if I lost, my grounding period would double. We played. He kicked my ass. FML
Today, I got grounded for 2 weeks for slapping my brother after he threw a baseball at my head and hit my shin with a bat. He’s in 9th grade and I'm in 8th. He got ice cream to "cheer him up". FML
Today, my dad made a big show of sending me to my room and grounding me for a week. Not because he heard me cursing at my video game, but because I "swear like a little girl" and it embarrassed him in front of his friends. FML
Today, my son, who to my great shame is a typical bully, was suspended for bullying a disabled girl. Her father must have been the biggest, meanest, most tattooed ex-marine I've ever seen. He blamed me for bad parenting, and I actually peed myself a little in fear, which he saw too. FML
Today, a kid from school came to my house. He asked my dad if I was at home, because we were "planning a bit of the old, you know…" and made an obscene gesture. Now I'm grounded for a month, and no matter what I say, my dad won't believe that I've never even spoken to the kid before. FML
Today, I tried to blackmail my dad by threatening to tell mom about the bong and weed he keeps hidden in the garage. Turns out she already knew about it and neither of them give a shit. Now I'm grounded until the new year. FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
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drbobbz 16
Take away his computer then. At least make it boring for him
flurpiee 14
Better than bullying, I guess o.o
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CoriCat 25
Take his door and limit his shower time to ten minutes
aqua_kitty 11
Take away his room. Mine did this once when I was being "anti-social" I was allowed 10 minutes twice a day to change clothes and could only go in there to get what I wanted/needed with permission and at bedtime where my door was left open. Basically my mum locked me out of my room. Make him do chores and volunteer work as well. Keep him busy.
The_Hula_Monster 10
If your child is bullying people, there are obviously underlying issues that cannot be fixed by mere grounding.
barlos88 19
Invite his friends over without telling him, trust me, his days of being a bully will be over...
siggy_mcsigx 22
I would give him a stinging lecture, change the wifi password, take away something special (video games, books, whatever) and only cook boring vegetarian for a month! At the end of the month I'd have a calm discussion with him and talk about the benefits of being kind and positive and ask why he feels the need to be mean.
RedPillSucks 33
take the computer, XBOX, playstation, and TV out of his room and restrict his phone privileges. Sign him up to do some community service helping less fortunate (either financially, socially, or medically) kids.
howsthisforaname 34
Put a new password on the wifi (brace for the tantrum) then give him a to do list everyday while he is grounded, locking x-box controllers away is also an effective (brace for the tantrum again) punishment/incentive.
Plaguetocure 4
Take the door off his room. It's the meanest parental punishment in the world but lack of privacy is an extreme incentive. Also no tech, no hobbies, and community service (not like play with the cute dogs at the shelter community service. Like pick up trash off the highway community service).
Plaguetocure 4
It might also be a good idea to take him to a professional to talk about and figure out why he is resorting to bullying. Often it's tied with major self esteem issues or other difficulties that can be figured out with a counselor.
katties 27
It's often tied to issues at home or with the upbringing, but not often to a self esteem issue. Bullies don't have much empathy, and often blame their problems on others and justify that their "revenge" is appropriate. Kinda like this: "Kid with ugly hair? That kid ruins my mood - it's his own fault if people tease him for it - he should know better". Bullies often have pretty damn good self esteem, until the bullying backfires.
katties 27
Uh, the "to " in the second sentence got in there :S
sailorarctic 22
super glue in the lotion. he'll think twice about making another smartass comment the next time you punish him.
katties 27
It's toxic...