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#WritcoStoryPrompt90
Which method of discipline do you prefer, soft or tough? Create a story about the query to back up your response.
I think that as a parent of three children and four stepchildren it depends on the child what form of discipline you use,and the situation.Some children are more stubborn then others and they require a more stern discipline regiment.Two of my sons I usually have to only speak to them once and they correc what they have done and his father regressed into himself so far that he almost was not aware of anything going on around him.He never really caught on to the fundalmentals of parenting.So a family friend of his mothers stepped in to help my now husband out.And let me say "Spare the rod and Spoil the child."is no joke with this child.This kid has been given anything and everything litterally that he wanted since he was six years old.Now don't get me wrong for the most part he is a great kid and doesn't get into a whole lot of trouble.Up until this year he hadn't had many friends and they came to the house to see him.Now he just goes where ever he wants wehen ever he wants,and with who ever he wants.So the mother in me kicks in immediately and told him that he needs to text his father or I when he isn't coming home or if he is going out.But he still does not understand why he needs to do this.This is also a child who has no curfew and has never done a chore in his life.He tells me this is a different time and kids today don't do chores.The kid doesn't even clean his room,can't do laundry or cook.And has no inclination to learn,but then again why should he when someone always does it for him.He really has no sense of what real responsibility is and I fear he may never.This is someone who is satiusfied with getting a seventy for a grade when he could have gotten a hundred,but he in his own words was too lazy to turn the assignment in on time.So I guess there really is no way to get it through to him no matter how hard I try. And if the parent doesn't step up to help and be an actual parent then there is nothing to be done. And the child will remain a pretentious little spoiled brat with no respect and no manners long into adulthood.
© Carolyn Leonelli
Which method of discipline do you prefer, soft or tough? Create a story about the query to back up your response.
I think that as a parent of three children and four stepchildren it depends on the child what form of discipline you use,and the situation.Some children are more stubborn then others and they require a more stern discipline regiment.Two of my sons I usually have to only speak to them once and they correc what they have done and his father regressed into himself so far that he almost was not aware of anything going on around him.He never really caught on to the fundalmentals of parenting.So a family friend of his mothers stepped in to help my now husband out.And let me say "Spare the rod and Spoil the child."is no joke with this child.This kid has been given anything and everything litterally that he wanted since he was six years old.Now don't get me wrong for the most part he is a great kid and doesn't get into a whole lot of trouble.Up until this year he hadn't had many friends and they came to the house to see him.Now he just goes where ever he wants wehen ever he wants,and with who ever he wants.So the mother in me kicks in immediately and told him that he needs to text his father or I when he isn't coming home or if he is going out.But he still does not understand why he needs to do this.This is also a child who has no curfew and has never done a chore in his life.He tells me this is a different time and kids today don't do chores.The kid doesn't even clean his room,can't do laundry or cook.And has no inclination to learn,but then again why should he when someone always does it for him.He really has no sense of what real responsibility is and I fear he may never.This is someone who is satiusfied with getting a seventy for a grade when he could have gotten a hundred,but he in his own words was too lazy to turn the assignment in on time.So I guess there really is no way to get it through to him no matter how hard I try. And if the parent doesn't step up to help and be an actual parent then there is nothing to be done. And the child will remain a pretentious little spoiled brat with no respect and no manners long into adulthood.
© Carolyn Leonelli
