AITA For Shaving My Daughter’s Head For Bullying A Girl With Cancer?
One user is asking Reddit if they are the a****** for shaving their daughter’s head as punishment for bullying a teen with cancer.
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Am I In The Wrong For Not Punishing My Daughter After She Refused To Watch Her Cousin?
One mom is asking the interwebs if she is in the wrong after her preteen daughter refused to watch her cousin — and it turned into an incident.
Q&A: What Is A Fair Amount Of Time To Ground My Kids?
“What is a good amount of time to ground an 8 and 11-year-old.”
My 3-Year-Old Son Is Bullying a Nonverbal Boy We Live With: How Can I Teach Him Not to Be a Bully?
“I recently moved in with some friends who have a nonverbal three-year-old boy, and my boy is three years old. How should I handle my son bullying their son?”
My Stepdaughter Stole Something From My House: How Should I Handle This?
“My seven-year-old stepdaughter stole something (it was an unwrapped toy, some pet thingy that was intended for my youngest child’s birthday) from my house.”
Is It OK to ‘Take Away’ Santa from My Kids as Punishment for Bad Behavior?
“Has anyone taken away Santa due to bad behavior?”
How Should I Punish My Two Teenagers Who Snuck Out of the House?
A mom writes in asking for advice about how best to discipline/punish her teenage daughters. This mom says that the day finally came, and her two teenagers, aged 13 and 15, snuck out of the house at night. Though this mom is understanding — she remembers her own teenage misdeeds and mistakes — she does want to lay down some productive discipline to help teach her daughters about consequences. So what’s a fair punishment for teens who snuck out of the house?
My Husband Grounded Our 6-Year-Old for an Entire Month: Am I Wrong or Is That Too Harsh a Punishment?
A mom writes in asking for advice about discipline and punishment. This mom, who is currently deployed, said her husband grounded their 6-year-old daughter for the rest of the month because she watched YouTube videos behind his back, despite being told not to do so. While this mom agrees they should punish their daughter, she wanted to ground their daughter for just six days. She feels that her husband grounding their daughter for a month is too harsh for someone her age. Is she wrong?
5 Smart Ways to Discipline that Will Help Change Your Child’s Behavior
Finding the most effective way of disciplining your child can be challenging. What works for one child might not work for another, depending on personality, age, and your general parenting style. Like most parenting decisions, it’s up to you and your family to determine what tools make the most sense to use.
My 5-Year-Old’s Behavior Has Gotten Wildly Out of Control — He Steals, Lies, and Hurts His Baby Brother: Advice?
A mom writes in asking for advice about her 5-year-old son’s bad behavior. She says things are so bad she basically cannot let her son out of her sight at all. He steals things like forks, tampons, and toilet paper, and recently he broke into her desk and took important papers, a letter opener, and money. She has also caught him on the baby monitor sneaking into his 1-year-old brother’s room and throwing things at the baby in his crib. What can this mom do?
My Daughter Always Asks if I Love Her After She Gets in Trouble, and It Has Me Worried About My Parenting Choices: Advice?
A mom writes in asking for advice about her 4-year-old daughter. She says her daughter will always ask her mom if she loves her after she gets in trouble. Whether she gets put in a time out or ignored or yelled at for bad behavior, her daughter always asks her mom if she loves her. This worries this mom, who thinks maybe something in her actions makes her daughter feel unloved in those moments.
Police Arrest Mom Who Allegedly Put Her Child in a Hot Car as a Punishment After He Threw Sand at Another Boy
“The victim had been sitting in the subject’s vehicle for at least that amount of time, and in the direct sunlight, making the inside of the vehicle noticeably hot.”
I Just Found Out My Son Has Been Cheating at School All Year and Don’t Know the Proper Punishment: Advice?
A mom writes in asking for advice about her 9th-grade son, who, she learned, has been cheating at school all year. She says he admits to cheating and feels remorseful, but given that all of his privileges had previously been taken away, she doesn’t know the right course of action when it comes to punishment (corrective action).
My Teenage Daughter Was Caught Smoking Weed at School and at Home: What Should I Do?
A mom writes in asking for advice about her daughter, who has been caught smoking weed multiple times recently. She says that she was caught smoking weed at school, and due to state law, she was taken to jail. But recently, this mom discovered her smoking weed again in the house and doesn’t know how to manage the situation.
My Toddler Has Started Smacking Me — Just Me! — Quite Hard: Advice?
A mom writes in asking for advice about her 14-month-old daughter. She says that her daughter has recently started smacking her hard. She doesn’t do it to her father or anyone else. She has tried to curb the behavior on her own, but she needs some help.
Devastated Dad Turns His Son In to the Police for Catfishing People Online: Did He Make the Right Call?
How far should you go when you find out your teen is breaking the law? That’s the question one dad recently took to the Reddit community after discovering that his 16-year-old son was catfishing people online for petty cash.