child opened all his christmas presents plus more *edit*
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lets just say I'mseeing red right now.
he opened ALL of the Christmas presents. Ones for EVERYONE! not just his. He then tried to hide them all.
Lied about doing it..
he will NOT be getting anything for Christmas or his birthday which is 17 days after Christmas.
ALL of his toys are know locked away. He will not be playing with anything. The only thing he got to keep is his books, bed, chair, and cloths.
He will have to earn all of his toys back with good behavior.
I'm taking back all of the gifts that were for him. (that is 400 dollars worth of gifts) I'm keeping the ones for the others. On Christmas day he will be sitting in a corner watching everyone else open their gifts and he will get nothing...
Santa will bring him nothing in his stocking, nothing for gifts because he only stops at the good little boys and girls houses.
* I didn't spank him, I didn't threaten him. I bagged up all of his toys every single one of them and locked them away. He will have to find his own way to amuse himself with his mind. He has a chance to earn back toys though.
edit: since moring he has been trying to earn back his toys. I sat him down and talked to him. He knows what he did is wrong. He even said he hid them because he couldn't figure out how to rewrap them.
He has offered to help wrap the other gifts.
I told him I'd reconsider taking his christmas and birthday away if he is on his best behavour for here on out.
He helped me make breakfeast. Told his cousin he was sorry for taking her presents. He is now in his room reading one of his books.
After lunch is his cousins nap time so we will wrap the gifts up then.
YOUR BAD, not his. You leave stuff out, kids get into it. That is why YOU DO NOT PUT PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE!!!!!!!!!!! Santa comes Christmas eve after kids are asleep. Wrap and then hide. Cannot believe you are a parent to a five year old and have not figured that out yet.
And, so what, he opened them. Big deal. Wrap Them back up and he will be just as excited a month from now. Or just have Christmas a month early.
He really did not do anything to warrant punishment, other than annoying you. Be sensible, get over the mad, and think.
Quoting cats911:YOUR BAD, not his. You leave stuff out, kids get into it. That is why YOU DO NOT PUT PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE!!!!!!!!!!! Santa comes Christmas eve after kids are asleep. Wrap and then hide. Cannot believe you are a parent to a five year old and have not figured that out yet.
And, so what, he opened them. Big deal. Wrap Them back up and he will be just as excited a month from now. Or just have Christmas a month early.
He really did not do anything to warrant punishment, other than annoying you. Be sensible, get over the mad, and think.
No, not like that. That is past being punished.
He disobeyed you by getting out of bed, punish that. Make him go to bed an hour earlier or stay in bed an hour later in the morning one time. That would be a just punishment.
REMIND him the reason why he is being made to stay in bed or go earlier. Again, tell him WHY you have the rule. Put a gate up.
I had a rule of no children in my kitchen. I made this rule when I stepped back with a pan of boiling spaghetti to go to the sink to drain. My daughter had crawled behind me and I tripped over her. Luckily, I did not spill anything on her. Then and there, I made the decision, no children in my kitchen. I put a gate up when I was cooking, or she was sitting in a high chair. This rule lasted throughout my childraising years. The rule changed when they were old enough to know to sit in a chair on their own and stay out of my way. They knew why I made the rule because I told them over and over what had happened with the boiling water. They never questioned it.
I understand your rule of him coming to get you. But YOU need to be proactive in thinking, WHAT IF HE DOES NOT? Get a gate that prevents him from going to another part of the house when you are asleep.
I have an autistic grandchild that used to live with me. He learned to open doors. Especially the front door. We put a lock on the top of the door because we did not want to take a chance of him getting out. All it takes is one time. Not worth it. We were proactive.
Don't over react or be harsh. It is too much.
Good luck.
Quoting Anonymous:
So lying not following rules and being out of bed at midnightdoesn't warrant a punishment
Quoting cats911:
YOUR BAD, not his. You leave stuff out, kids get into it. That is why YOU DO NOT PUT PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE!!!!!!!!!!! Santa comes Christmas eve after kids are asleep. Wrap and then hide. Cannot believe you are a parent to a five year old and have not figured that out yet.
And, so what, he opened them. Big deal. Wrap Them back up and he will be just as excited a month from now. Or just have Christmas a month early.
He really did not do anything to warrant punishment, other than annoying you. Be sensible, get over the mad, and think.
Naughty. I wish I could say I would do the same thing but I am a pushover. I could never see my baby left out on the holidays. The best part is being able to see how excited the kids are.
Good luck momma.
several days later and he has already let this go... and has promised never to lie or sneak around again.
Quoting Kayln97:Ok yes, I think you should have punished him.. but NOT to that extreme. You should have taken away his 1 favourite toy until he did something to make it up to you. But taking away xmas presents & his birthday is totally unrational. Hes 4 not 14. He will not let this go I can promise you that!!
He's too young to understand a punishment lasting that long. Christmas is almost three weeks away... and his birthday a few more weeks after, apparently. Have him help wrap the presents again, and take away a privelege or two. Can he write yet? Perhaps write out an apology note for him to copy.
I think my husband's a sociopath