What is the disciplinary action of your parents?

I grew up with my grandparents. I was spanked when I was younger or made to skip meals if I did something really bad. If I missed the curfew which was 6pm, they would lock the door and made me wait for hours outside. Often, my allowance would be cut off until I learned my lesson.

valleyofberaca, I was trying to recall if my parents had to undergo desperate measures to discipline us. Perhaps I was spanked once for not using hot water in my bath, for it was so cold, and my mother knew that I could have gotten sick, but that happened once when I was little. My parents never needed disciplinary measures for my siblings and I. We were nothing wild nor wayward.

We got spanked or smacked in the back of the head but only for very serious actions. We also where grounded form things like the radio and our cars. My Dad and Uncle (we lived all together so it was like having four parents) liked to get creative. Like when they found our stash of pot and smoked all of it in front of us and made us drive them around all night. I know they acted worse then they really would have but man was it bad. My Aunt made us clean. Bathrooms, pools, the cars. My mom would pull the guilt cards out. That really just made me mad though.

I guess as a child we all think that our parents dole out severe and harsh punishments. My mother was not the disciplinarian of the money. she usually gave in easily. she was more of a yeller than anything else. My father would be the one to give the spankings. When i tell my children some of my punishment stories as a child, they think i am making up cruel and unusual punishments just to humor them.

A heavy criticism, ask why I wasn't like my brothers, my neighbors, my girlfriends... To not talk to me anymore, like I'm invisible for hours. It was preatty harsh, I was such an insecure and coward girl because of this treatment.

Let me see, I got spanked at the butt with their hand or a belt. I was tied to a sack and I was put on a pig pen with pigs. With these you must have thought I was a very naughty girl. I think not. Some of it where because I just couldn't stop to cry so they punished me for it. Is it a child's fault if she wants to cry? In my country it is permissible to hit kids because they thought it is a way of disciplining them. I try not to hit my kid but it seems he is growing up to be as naughty as me. When he just wouldn't listen I try to deprive him of a thing that he likes like watching TV. I do not want to do to him the things that my parents did to discipline me. Although I didn't grow up to be rebellious, I had grown up to be good well mannered lady. I didn't give headaches to my parents. Still, hitting is not my way of disciplining my kid.

Hello!!! my parents didn't often beat us but all they did was stop speaking to us but then after some time or a day or so, then they again used to speak to us after explaining us the mistake...

I never did anything wrong, so I was never punished. lol! Just kidding! My parents were pretty easy going. They would usually give me a couple chances. But, if I really messed up, my Dad would spank me. He would always say, "This is going to hurt me, more than it hurts you!" At the time, I didn't believe him. But now, having my own children, I realize how hard it actually is to punish and especially spank my kids.

I am proud to say that all of us 5 siblings (all girls) grew up to be good women. When we were growing up and whenever we commit a misdemeanor, we would be talked to by our father. If we refuse to tell the truth, we will be made to lie face down and will be spanked in our butt by a belt. That is their way of disciplining us, so we make it a point to do what is good and obey our parents so as not to be spanked anymore. We love our parents so much and we are proud they have disciplined and brought us well.

I got most of the spanking and hitting from my mom. She's more disciplinarian than my father. My father is like my savior, he would get me and take me away from my mom.

I remember onetime I spanked my second child for telling bad words, until then he did not say it again. For me, it just alright having them punish, it is part of how we discipline them as long as we know our limitations. But of course we have to explain why in order for them not to do it again.

My parents would just ground me. Sometimes my mom would get creative and ground me from THINGS, like the computer or phone. Much better than physical punishment!

I think it is necessary sometimes to inflict something physical to enforce discipline as long as the parents do explain to child why they we're disciplined. Even God himself flooded the world because his children we're way too much on the things he didn't want them to do. Basically, as long as the child understands why this is being done to them and as long as physical discipline doesn't happen for no apparent reason. I think it's okay. No physical discipline, you end up with a spoiled child too. I think balance is just needed.