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post Jan 27 2005, 10:47 PM
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This may be a reaaaally dumb question.. but what's the point of grounding a child?
You know they'll never listen. [Some kids, like me]
And you just ground them like it's a game. O__O
Some kids don't even behave after their parents ground them.
 
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post Jan 27 2005, 10:54 PM
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yeah, some kids just get worse but that's not all kids...after my parents started to try "laying down the law" it just made me push myself away from them, my parents never ground me though, they just yell and belittle me _dry.gif

i think the point of grounding a child is to show them that the parents have the power to punish them, and plus it isolates them from their friends who the parents probably disapprove of anyway
 
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post Jan 27 2005, 10:55 PM
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well..its a way to teach them disipline. show them that whatever they are doing is not ok. when i'm a parent, i'm not going to ground all the time and relie on that to raise them..first i'll talk to them about whatever they did then maybe restrict a few things. my mom never grounded me for much at all..and i turned out fine. i only got grounded by my dad when i brought home b's stubborn.gif
 
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post Jan 27 2005, 10:59 PM
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The parents may think that grounding them is gonna help them improve the way they behave. But it doesn't.

What most parents don't seem to understand is that life isn't they way it was back in the day. They don't understand that life for the children is getting to be worse now. It isn't like before. Times have changed.

I really don't understand the point of grounding someone as most likely, the children will end up disliking their parents, think that they don't care about them, and possibly go to depression.

Correcting is one thing. Grounding is another. It's become such a habit for parents to ground their children.

I bet if parents were nicer to their children, they would behave 10 times better than they do now.
 
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post Jan 27 2005, 11:05 PM
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yeah i don't really see the point of grounding except keeping the kid(s) stuck at home...i don't really get grounded so yeah..
 
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post Jan 27 2005, 11:05 PM
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QUOTE(x____duckii @ Jan 27 2005, 10:59 PM)
I bet if parents were nicer to their children, they would behave 10 times better than they do now.
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i agree with this, if my parents weren't all "you f*cking idiot" to me all the time, i'd stop spiting them and do good in school _dry.gif
 
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post Jan 27 2005, 11:09 PM
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uuhhh i guess they dont get the privelge of going oout?? i odnt knwo why
 
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post Jan 27 2005, 11:16 PM
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nah, my parents never ever grounded me in my whole life even though i did something wrong but i know better.
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 05:47 PM
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probably cuz they "think" that its gonna work even to it doesnt
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 06:04 PM
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To make us pissed for that certain day and then after that ehh...
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 06:12 PM
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its like jail but...not.
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 08:07 PM
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i dunno.. like when parents are mad i guess they just wanna ground you instead of abusing you or something.. they just feel angry at you and have to punish you in some way ya know? =/ im not sure though.. cuz grounding doesn't teach us a lesson for sure i guess.. x_X i've never been grounded in my whole life.. so i wouldn't know for sure.. i used to be abused though.. _unsure.gif
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 08:11 PM
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Welps..I've never been grounded..heh but I've gotten punished..hmnm..but grounding a child I think the parent'll try to teach them that they can't get what they wan't when they don't behave
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 08:24 PM
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Last week at cadets we learned about discipline, interesting actually. Discipline should be used with connection to whatever the person did wrong. So if the kid stayed out all nite when he shouldn't have, or she has bad grades because she parties too much, then grounding would be a proper form of discipline. If the kid didn't do the dishes, then grounding is inappropriate. Some parents just use it to excercise their power over their kids
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:04 PM
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I've never been grounded.
My friend was grounded in his room for a week and all he had was a mattress, a pillow, and two sheets.
He didn't even have a clock!
But the point of grounding a child is to take away that's person's freedom because of doing something bad.
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:05 PM
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yea..my brothers just get worse and worse...its sorta funny.
i dont..i listen biggrin.gif
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:16 PM
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QUOTE(Spiritedfreak @ Jan 27 2005, 10:47 PM)
This may be a reaaaally dumb question.. but what's the point of grounding a child?
You know they'll never listen. [Some kids, like me]
And you just ground them like it's a game. O__O
Some kids don't even behave after their parents ground them.
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i think you are talking about me! laugh.gif
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i don't know why my parents ground me! i never learn anything from it! tongue.gif
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:39 PM
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my parents never ground me.
but i guess they ground the kids so they can learn a lesson and one day they can thank the parents for raising them that way. ( at least that's what my dad says when he grounds my brother)
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:44 PM
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U ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!! exept i got grounded once in my whole life
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:45 PM
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because parents have this crazy idea that if they ground u so that u cant do the things that u want to, then u wont ever make that mistake again...
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:50 PM
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ghetto_gangsta303 Posted Jan 28 2005, 5:47 PM
probably cuz they "think" that its gonna work even to it doesnt


i agree but kids should know better then that. They should at least learn something from his/her mistake. they should do their duty as a son or daughter.


my parent never grounded me but i know better and i aint a bad boy.
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:52 PM
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I never have gotten grounded. I'm a good little angel! biggrin.gif
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 10:59 PM
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QUOTE(Frankie_08 @ Jan 28 2005, 10:16 PM)
i think you are talking about me! laugh.gif
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i don't know why my parents ground me! i never learn anything from it! tongue.gif
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I know, me too.

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post Jan 28 2005, 11:04 PM
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I don't get what's the point with grounding someone either. For example: my parents will be like "No watching TV or going on the computer for the day" and then I'll just be like okay?? cuz I have a computer and a TV in my room so I can do whatever they want cuz they never go in my room. Wow parents can be so dumb sometimes.
 
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post Jan 28 2005, 11:05 PM
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i was never grounded, my parents don't do that... Well, if they ground you, they want you to remember it.
 
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