Diaper Discipline

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Have you guys heard of diaper discipline? It's a process in which the child or teen who is incontinent against his or her parents' or caregivers' will (purposely bedwetting or wetting the clothes) or is naughty wears a diaper to show the world that he or she decided to act like a baby. In turn, this form of discipline proves that he or she made the choice to be treated like one. Here's a story of how one boy (he was 12 in I believe the 60's or 70's) received his punishment. He was wearing a sailor-type suit with shorts, like his older brother. He drank two glasses of milk and one of water on the last morning at their relatives' house in New York. He and his family headed back to Virginia, with him and his siblings strapped into not just seatbelts but other restraints. The father previously warned the kids that if they soiled the clothing, they'd had to wear diapers and sleep in a crib. The boy started to act out when they stopped for gas on the New Jersey Turnpike because his father has to take one child to the bathroom at a time. His older brother took long after his sister went to the bathroom. He missed his turn once the attended finished filling up the tank (as almost all New Jerseyans past and former know, this practice is still used today), and had to hold it until they get home. When the car exited Baltimore, the boy became desperate for a bathroom break. His older brother cuffed his ankles for not sitting still and he handcuffed him for touching his body parts that should be covered at all times. No matter how much he resisted, he wet his pants. Thus, he had to stay in bed for a long time, wearing his diapers and having his siblings and parents change them. Seriously? Those parents have to put him in diapers because of him having an accident on the road trip. I can understand diapering past age 2-3 when a certain and credible circumstance like a mental or developmental disorder such as autism causes them to be incontinent. But doing that because a child or teen is acting immature? That's insanity at worst! Do you agree with that bizarre punishment? Have you experienced it as a kid or have done that as a parent? Share your thoughts on this, but please keep it clean. There are some people who treat wearing diapers as a - ahem - grown-up fantasy, but let's keep that out, OK?