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Double Grounded (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by Dazharion@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 64 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

My friend's parents tried this sort of punishment mindset with him when it was a kid. He ended up grounded with increasingly draconian punishments for roughly five years because of the shockingly impressive stubbornness of all people involved until they "gave up on him" after 7th grade (yes, this literally started when he was a 2nd grader). He ended up moving out on his own at 16 and dropping out of school and didn't really have a relationship with them for a good decade and a half.

I don't really have any words of wisdom from this other than never underestimate a person's ability to defy logic. It just ended up ruining the whole family's experience for a long, long time.

Edit: I did just remember something "funny" about the whole thing. My friend didn't really know how to, or enjoy, doing a lot of things that pretty much all kids did because of his seemingly eternal grounding. And he was quite literally the palest person I have ever known because he only went outside to get on the bus for school. His parents turned him into some sort of cave person lol

[–] pohart@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Punishments are like the least effective way to convince/teach someone

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For most kids, getting rid of something they like for a day or weekend tends to be enough of a punishment. From that story, tho? Parents were going waaaaaaaay overboard

[–] pohart@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah in small doses they can work, generally it's just better to talk to them

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