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Cvjed
Lv 4
Cvjed asked in Pregnancy & ParentingParenting · 10 years ago

Creative Punishments for teenage son?

My son is 15. Getting too old to send to his room. Being grounded doesn't faze him. I'm handicapped and cannot physically get his Ipod or his computer away from him.

I'm looking for some fresh ideas for restrictions or punishments. Rewards I have under control, but I've run dry thinking of consequences for his actions.

Please help.

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  • Carl P
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    All computer access in homes go though a central point. A switch / hub / modem / phone line depending on your access type. Learn where this point of access is and learn how to turn it off with full control.

    He can still use his computer by not online. Until you turn the access point back on.

    Another consequences for his actions is diet control. If he is into snacks and junk food, control the food intake with only certain old school foods in the house that he may not care for, but is healthy.

    And if it helps and has to be used, remember a parent must sign for any minor who wishes to take drivers ed classes and get licensed. You can control this and revoke it up to the age of 18 while he lives in your house and you are the primary guardian.

  • 10 years ago

    make him scrub the floors. when i was a kid my mothers favorite punishment was either to make me help her with all the chores or scrub every floor in the house. i was very unhappy when they took the carpet up in the living room to find hardwood flooring as i knew that was just more floor to scrub. i down right cried when they did the same to my room....

    physical labor is good punishment as it is at least something that has a purpose. as a teenager i knew if i did something really troubling in the summer i was to be signed on to a house painting crew. nothing makes you rethink your choices as much as the back breaking and hot work of scraping off old paint and applying new to a house while knowing any pay you might get is going towards paying your parents back. do that once and you don't push things that far again.

    i tended to not do anything that bad, as a general rule my sibling and i avoided punishment with regularity after we were about 12. we got smart enough to know where the real lines were and to either not cross them or not get caught. few times we did get caught we were smart enough to make it look like it was a lesser violation.

  • 10 years ago

    cut off internet to his computer/set up really strict parental controls on it until he surrenders

    Also, you can have his door taken off the hinges or hide all his clothes except some dorky outfit, make him wear something he will hate.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Well how are we supposed to answer this if we don't know what he does wrong, or anything about him?

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