Fishing - How I punish my 9 year-old

[Myrlae]

What's wrong with sending them off to stay in their room?

Good old days where kids didn't have computers/tvs/consoles/handhelds in their rooms :P

[Deleted]

Haha, this is priceless. I love the idea. ;D

[Deleted]

Kids are not stupid. He will soon realize that you are making him do this because it's a chore you don't want to do yourself. Once he knows that, you will have lost part of your credibility as a parent that is supposed to protect him and look out for him.

That's why it is not a good idea.

[Deleted]

It's ok. Similiar to sending them to their room or stare in the corner or whatever parents do nowadays when they can't beat children .

Had a guildie with like 3yo daughter that actually enjoyed fishing for him btw.

[ophion1990]

Try making him level archeology. I know, I know. Sounds too severe. But that's in case you catch him smoking weed, or peeping on the neighbour's wife.
On a more serious note, fishing is WAY more fun than archeology. WAY.

Aww hell no, watching a bob all the time is way more boring then digging stuff up, making an item is always a bit exciting since you might get an expensive grey or a rare. But with fishing...oh another fish, did not see that coming.

Oh OT Pretty strange punishemnt but if it works...

[MrKnubbles]

I wish I had a brat to level my fishing for me. It's something to remember for the future. Kid acting up? Make him grind for you.

[dahunter]

bravo sir bravo

[Deleted]

you know this game is strictly for 12 years old+

12 years + is just a recommendation.

[Jegerhellig]

Man fishing for 20 minutes in a row, is like 10n years in a mexican prison.... You clearly made sure, he won't ever do what he did again..

[vep]

What's wrong with sending them off to stay in their room?

you mean where their computer, ipod, phone, playstation or xbox is? yeah, no problem with that

[Slavemaker]

This is the second most evil thing I've ever read on these forums... Next to Jaina Proudmoore of course.

[Eilassaria]

Kids are not stupid. He will soon realize that you are making him do this because it's a chore you don't want to do yourself. Once he knows that, you will have lost part of your credibility as a parent that is supposed to protect him and look out for him.

That's why it is not a good idea.

As opposed to sending the kid to a corner for 15 minutes? He's basically doing the same thing, but in this case, the punished child does something productive with his punishment time.

You say "protect and look out for him". The kid is being punished. As in, he did something dumb, so he must pay for his crime. They guy isn't beating the crap out of his child and he's not scarring his child's mind. You react as if the person has his kid sort his porn records. It IS a very good idea, actually. It's time out time where the child has something to look at, meaning he won't try to escape the sheer boredom of sitting in a corner staring at paint. Stop over reacting.