(February 20, 2016 at 6:20 pm)GeneralDog Wrote:(February 20, 2016 at 10:46 am)Jehanne Wrote: Be skeptical of these accounts. My oldest son (17) embellishes stuff all the time!Ive seen it happen. His sister parked too far from the curb and he said "park a little further, we cant fit an 18 wheeler yet." And he got grounded. His sister said he didnt do anything before this so its not like it was a previous thing he did.
Yeah, what a bummer; well, hopefully, someday he and his parents will learn to forgive each other. I'm estranged from my mom and my dad is dead. In any case, such a trite comment hardly is deserving (from the prospective of this parent, at least) of discipline, perhaps a, "Hey, can't you be more kind?" or "What useful purpose did that comment serve?" response; at least, that's what I would do. I knew another parent whose family has since left the neighborhood who grounded his kindergartner for an entire month because she got home later than she was supposed to (about an hour), even though it was daylight out and she was a short distance from her home to begin with and was supervised by another family at all times. But, stuff like that happens!
