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my mum locked my in my bedroom for a whole day as a punishment do you think this is fair ?
i got grounded for one day for general bad behaviour when my mum was in the shower i sneaked out when i came home 4 hours later my mum said how upset she was with my behaviour we had a row and i told my mum to p---off the next day saturday after breakfast my mum escorted me to my bedroom and locked me in i wasnt allowed tv, phone or computer, i was only allowed out to use the bathroom and i had to eat in my room i
my bedroom door was locked with a key and as my bedroom is 2 floors up escape was impossible my goody 2 sister says i desrve my punishment i think 14 is too old to be locked in my room what do sensible parents think ?
12 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
How are you posting this then? Lol. But anyway, as long as she gives you food, water, and lets you go to the bathroom, you should be fine. Sneaking out for 4 hours, this might seem harsh but I understand your mom's frustration.
- 9 years ago
Firstly I'm only 17 and not a parent, but I look after my 10 year old brother and 14 year old sister a lot of the time as our Mom has to work so much.
In my opinion your mom did have the right to punish you the way she did. I don't think I would have gone as far as locking you in your room but I would definitely have made you spend the day in your room and not allowed you to have your phone or watch TV or go on the computer.
I don't think your punishment would have been so bad if you were being punished for just sneaking out but the fact that you swore at your mom made the punishment worse. Also, you are complaining that you are too old to be locked in your room as a punishment, surely you are too old to be sneaking out. You are 14 not 8, I'm sure if you had just asked your mom if you could go out for a bit and told her where you were going she would have allowed you to go.
The only reason I can see for your mom punishing you for sneaking out is that she had no idea where you had gone or how long you had been gone for and no idea when you would be back. She was simply worried about you.
You can't exactly complain either as she wasn't doing anything that could be harmful to you, you said yourself she let you go to the bathroom and you had to eat in your room.
I think she had the right, as your mom, to punish you the way she did. In the future just ask before you go out, and if you aren't polite enough to ask permission at least tell her that you are going out and when you expect to be back. You are 14 and so deserve some freedom, but at the same time you have to earn that freedom.
Also, I don't think your sister should have involved herself as it is nothing to do with her really.
- 5 years ago
Wow you are getting locked up all the time! Maybe you get horny everytime you hear the lock click in the door and do stuff on purpose to get locked up?
How about throwing a brick through a shop window and waiting there for the cops to come so you can be locked up 24/7? I bet you would really love that!
- Anonymous9 years ago
Yes it was fair. You sneaked out of the house when you know you weren't supposed to and you cussed at your mom. You are lucky you got off so easy. I would have been literally beaten black and blue and possibly have been forced to throw all my stuff in a bonfire again, like when I was 9 and got a freaking B in math and was forced to throw all my toys into a fire that my stepdad made out in the yard.
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- ?Lv 59 years ago
Its not right to be locked in a room because of health and safety issues there could have been a fire and you would of had no way to escape. Being grounded and not being allowed to use phone/computer/Tv would have been a fairer punishment.
- 7 years ago
you were grounded for bad behaviour , you then went behind your mums back and sneaked out, this is unacceptable behaviour , good on your mum for locking you up you DESERVE this punishment and more,
- chaddad67Lv 59 years ago
Why sneak out unless you were doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing?
- ♎Total Libra♎Lv 59 years ago
If she took away all of your technology privileges, then how were you able to post this?
- 9 years ago
yes that is definately unreasonable but considering what you did no offense I can see how mad/hurt she would be. watch your language next time ok
- ?Lv 59 years ago
parents are always right since they gave birth to you you UNGRATEFUL BRAT,and SNEAKING out is also too childish for 14yr old kid u BRATT
Source(s): COMMON SENSE