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no.. my mum doesn't believe in it haha.. i think i got grounded once! when i was 9, i was grounded for liek 2 hours before she regretted it
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Re: Do your parents ground you?
No, my parents don't ground me. Infact they don't do anything anymore because, well, they can't do anything to me. I've always got a trick up my sleeve.
If they ground me, I leave the house and go where I please with my money and my phone. If they stand in the way of the door I wait a while and when they're gone, leave then.
They can't take my money away because I'm rather good at hiding it.
They can't put anything on my PC because I passworded it, and if they cut the wires, well, first off I would take spares, then take theirs, then they decided there was no point.
I'm stronger than them now so they can't overpower me anymore.
If they take something of mine, I take it back.
=I'd say about a 1/3 of the time I just let them do as they please and phase them out of my life (this involves a lot of headphones and no eye-contact XD)
And no I am not a stereotypical teen.
My policy when it comes to people - nobody can force you to do anything.
[FYI when I used to get these punishments it would be because I was being 'unreasonable' which basically means showing my parents how badly they were acting or telling them they were wrong about something, which they have been]
Although I did almost get send back to boarding school, and was threatened many a time that they wouldn't help pay for any of my university fee's. But I know their limits very well so it's all good.
Anyway, the moral? If you can, avoid doing any of the above and just wait it out, do that. On the rare occasions I've complied (gone along with them, not spoken to them, etc etc) its worked very well, parents calm down, and you get to do as you please again.
Keep your judgements to yourself thankyou I'm just giving my 2 cents.
my mum stopped grounding my sister and me after she talked to the mum of one of my friends
and if she says i can't do something, or have to come home half an hour before everyone else, i just don't bother.
i push her limits to the max, then she realizes she can't shut me in the house and ehn i get what i want of course sometimes i have to go along with her thing... but the silent treatment works wonders!
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I still get grounded to some extent.
But it's not like I actually go anywhere or do anything. At all.
Hell, I'm willingly locked down in my house.
At worst I get my PC taken away, well it's not actually mine.
And my iPod. And then my gameboy.
Last would be TV. But that rarely happens because my mother knows that if I'm in total bordem all day that I won't do anything.
But if given TV, I'll usually get bored and do my work later.
When I am punished, it's usually for back-talking or being a smart-ass.
If the latter I usually reply "well, you're the one who married him", which really pisses my mom off.
I take after my dad, let's just say that.
And since I know I really shouldn't back-talk to my parents, because they do deserve my respect, I tend to follow-though with the punishment.
I never intentionally break any rules, that's one reason my mom will sometimes let my punishment slide.
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It depends. If your parents wants you to grow up DISCIPLINED, they will ground you if you disobeyed their rules. It's always good for parents to discipline their children so they'll grow up knowing what is good and what is bad.
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Re: Do your parents ground you?
haha.. i think i got grounded once! when i was 9, i was grounded for liek 2 hours before she regretted it
