This is my mother\'s idea and it\'s a very brilliant idea, so if you share it with anyone, please give credit where credit is due.
My mom\'s friend has a child who is incredibly unrespectful and full of spite. She\'s about 12 years old and she hits her little sister (5 years old), snaps other girls bras at school so hard that they break, breaks tables by flipping them over and throws rocks at passing cars. Just about any punishment, standing in the corner, going to your room, being hit on the hands or on the butt just doesn\'t seem to work. Recently, she\'s added the 9-1-1 number to her repoitoire and she calls it whenever her parents hit her on the butt for doing something she shouldn\'t be doing.
Eventually, the next step for this kid is juvenile hall and she\'ll really learn what being in trouble is all about, but until then, how can a parent change their child enough to where they can actually stop that sort of behavior?
There\'s a simple solution to it all and this requires two pieces of scotch or transparent tape and for the child to wear form fitting pants with pockets. First, tell the child, after they have caused trouble, to place their hands in their pockets to where their hands are not visible in any way. It\'s best if the pants are slightly tight. Then, take the two small strips of tape and tape over the pants and onto the wrist. If the child moves their hands, the tape will break and the tape will have to be reapplied and more time will be spent in that uncomfortable and embarrassing position because there\'s no way the child can reapply it after the seal has been broken and they move the other hand to fix it, effectively breaking the other seal. It\'s painless, but it takes away the freedom the child has to inflict harm or get themselves into trouble. It also eliminates any trouble with the police since you are not harming them.
Anyways, my mom\'s friend tried the punishment today and this little rugrat complied with every order after only a short time in that ridiculous position. Idle hands are the tool of the devil so take those little buggers away and you are left with one pissed off yet compliant child.
