Why You Need to Let Your Kids Punish Themselves
Go ahead, give them a little autonomy.
3 min readApr 21, 2018
Parents. Yes, you and you. Gather round. I have a little trick for you that’s going to blow your Parenting Mind!
In my hand, I’m holding the power to dole out punishment. Closing this hand I say the magic words: waka waka kersplunken hooey!
Now, open your hand. Go ahead, check it out. You now have the power to dole out punishment!
Cool, right?!?
Now for the amazing part of the trick. Grab one of your kids, the one that just got into trouble. Have them close their hand. Now say your magic words (whatever they are) and have them open up their hand. Boom! Now the power to dole out their own punishment is in their hands!
Thank you, thank you, make sure and tip your waitress…
