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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PIGaming tells us more.

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

doctorreptar 2

That isn't going to make him want to do his homework and making him stay up later is only going to make him do worse in school. He's 17 and he will have very real consequences in the real world soon, punishing him this way is not going to prepare him for that. I'm not saying you deserve it, I know you're trying to help; that's just my opinion.

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Pacifica1165 13

Exactly! That's what I was thinking. Punishing him this way isn't going to teach him or prepare him for anything. If it's been ineffective all the way up till now when he's 17, obviously it doesn't work. He's old enough to be treated as an adult; perhaps if OP talks to him as an adult rather than punishing him as a child, he would begin to understand more. People sometimes instinctively take on the role of what is expected of them. If OP forever expects him to be immature and be a child, it doesn't give him the chance to try to live up to the adult world. Raise the bar OP, it's time he recognizes that he's almost an adult not a kid. Maturity and responsibility is in there somewhere, but you need to give him a little push to galvanize it; and punishing him like he's still a child isn't going to do that.

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DanielleinDC 33

To the people suggesting it: Would you let a 17-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl share a room? OP, explain to your daughter that your son was being a jerk and take away his computer privileges just a little bit longer for that stunt.

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kayteakay 26

If they were siblings who had a decent relationship and just as a punishment? Yes, by 17 he's probably babysat her alone before.

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underthesea12 24

ydi... how can he check FML without the computer?

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Eternal94 10

Kid believe everything older people say. When my sister was she accidentally swallowed a grape seed and I told her that grape will grow inside her stomach. She stop eating grape ever since.

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jackcat 11

Everytime she freaks out, make him deal with it. He created it, he can solve it.

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sonnyrosa 32

Tell her that the only person who can keep her safe at night is your son... she'll cling to him like Saran Wrap... payback's a bitch

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sanecatlady 13

Kids only have to do their homework, they don't have to like it. I know I didn't, it was like torture. I probably only got a small amount of homework each night back then, however. From what I heard kids today get so much homework it takes them hours and hours to do it and all the stress is killing them, it's not making them smarter, and parents only approve of it because they think it keeps them out of trouble.

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j_729 18

I have had up to 4 hours of homework multiple times and I'm only in 8th grade. Its usually stupid, boring shit that I already know how to do too.

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joetan 16

Times like this, I quote Russell Peters, "beat your kids".

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