By PIGaming - 28/10/2013 05:35 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, l grounded my 17-year-old son from his computer because of his terrible attitude towards his homework. As payback, he convinced my 5-year-old daughter that if she goes to sleep, she'll never wake up. I now have a hysterical and sleepless child to deal with. FML
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You deserved it 8 674

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PIGaming 21

Hey all, im OP (although as my first time ever commenting, I hope this actually works!) Of course, in the end, my daughter fell asleep. although it was around 1am, a time I thought no five year old was physically capable of acheiving. You might say it was almost worse the next day, as she was very grumpy and tired! I forbid my son from attending a party (supposedly the 'party of the year'), and have spoken to his school who are arranging a meeting with him to discuss ways of bettering his homework skills and general motivation. Of course he probably despises of me, but I dont want him to look back on school like I have and regret he didn't work hard enough, let alone AT ALL. Thanks for all the comments, and hopefully I can interact more on this site with the community.

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Top comments

FindingYujin 26

But she'll fall asleep eventually, and you can punish your boy for even longer!

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Ambient25 24

Or punish him even worse by making them share rooms.

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Comments

skyeyez9 24

Tell him to explain to his sister why he said what he did and to fix the situation, or you will sell his computer.

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riddenhopes 13

Who cares about high school homework anyways

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Knightchaser27 25

People who want to go to college

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DocBastard 38

-Good students who care about learning -Teachers -Parents -Everyone who isn't an idiot

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dacronsurtr 7

@74. Not everyone cares funny as it seems. I honestly just stopped caring about my schooling in general my senior year. I'm an independent IT consultant now. Do I suggest people follow iny footsteps, hell no, I was stupid as hell and lazy. Does homework matter... no.

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blackychan63 12

Make him take her to every girly child store, make over princess parties, and amusement park for the next few months.

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simsgirlgem 25

Sell his computer and tell him he can work for a new one

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Thunderlaxus 10

Maybe he just got bored from not being able to play.

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bobo_the_bear 5

Just make sure your son does not sleep until your daughter falls asleep.

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fwongraven 10

Well done for parenting your son well, hope your daughter starts sleeping soon. If not, just extend his punishment until she does.

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Retrokitty 9

Although I'm more of a natural consequence kind of parent (you don't do your homework---> you fail) what he did was completely wrong. I would make him stay up with her until she falls asleep.

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Folly_fml 12

Your son's form of "revenge" was pretty weak.

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Cupcake040 17

I don't want to sound as if i support what OP's son did but actually in the end it was kind smart....more psychological warfare than anything. Rather than going on an angry rant and freaking out like most teens, he was able to get back at OP with something that will keep them up at night and cause some mental struggles on how to get the daughter back to a normal sleep pattern.

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kayteakay 26

He's obviously smart, which might be part of the reason he doesn't want to do homework.

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ohnowhyme123 15

Tell her that it only works on teenage boys and that she'll be fine

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