What is the worst punishment you ever received as a child?

You know, through my entire horrible distasteful childhood, i can't think of one punishment that was worse than any other other than seeing my brothers and sisters get in trouble by them. I've always thought of my childhood as what made me who i am today, and though my parents shouldn't be parents, i wouldn't be who i am without what they put me through. maybe the only thing that did any harm to me that didn't make me any stronger was being locked up, never being allowed to leave the house... Because now i'm a home body.

I think the worst 'punishment' I used to get was having to play host to my cousin Jeff when he and his sister and their parents would visit. It would just about kill me. He is about a year older than me, and was the kid that was always in trouble, always breaking things, always getting yelled at and doing absurd things. Being around him used to stress me out to no end because there was hell always on the evrge of breaking loose and then one of his parents would be shrieking, "Jeeeeefffffffrrrrryyyyy!" So, I was meant to entertain him and keep him out of trouble, as though that was possible. And he was convinced when we grew up we were going to get married, even though I tried to explain to him that first cousins aren't supposed to get married. I used to literally hide when he was due to show up, but unfortunately he would always find me.

Hey, you DID get a bad punishment. : ) The worst I ever had was when my mom made me come out of my room for a week straight. Yes, you read that right. She made me come out of my room and interact with my family. I just had a habit of eating with them, doing my homework, and then going in my room to read or listen to music. So didn't let me go back to room until bedtime. LOL

When I was 11, we lived in an older country home in Iowa...it had a coal furnance in the basement...one day I was playing with the old stick matches down there...i really do not know what I was thinking...well, of course at 11, not much.....Mom caught me and grounded me for a whole year....I could not go anywhere that was not family for a whole year...she even marked the calendar....she did not give in either.....it was the longest year of my life and Grandma probably got sick of me...LOL Now I look back and think how horrified she must have been with her, my younger sister, and my step-dad all in the house while this ignorant child is in the basement striking matches within 3 feet of the furnance and the coal bin....nuts...I tell you...I was completely insane!!! I do not blame her....I have laughed about it since I have grown up but gosh, that was a long year.....at 11, it seemed like 5 years.....LOL

Hmm. I dont think I had that bad of punishments. Only the usually 2 weeks no tv type stuff.