Gigaguy64 said:
Exterminas said:
Both are absolutely retarded punishments and any parent who has even a remote understanding of basic education mechanics won't apply them.
A punishment that does not require a child to understand the reason it is punished for, isn't worth anything.
That's why if you punish your child you always make sure that he/she knows the reason for the punishment.
And you can explain to your child why they were punished even if you punish with a spanking or Grounding you know.
That is true, but the best way to make a child understand it's failure is to creat a punishment that emphazised the importance of the broken rule.
Example given: Child breaks window while playing. Child gets to clean up broken glass and gets to pay the window from it's allowance.
This method has two advantages:
1) It is harder for the child to just say that they'd understand it, to get off the hook.
2) If you as a parent can't think of any punishment that would show why said rule is important, then may be there is no real reason to punish. Except of may be a personal insult or a subjective world view. You'r children are not supposed to be you.