Journal 5

I think it is a difficult task for parents to find a way to punish their kids these days. They cannot just simply hit their child like they used to, so they have to do something else. Children these days are kind of spoiled throughout a lot of the country, so one thing they do is take away privileged technologies that they have been given. They can take away their cell phone; they can take the computer; they can take video games; they can take TV; they can take anything, but it does not always work. A good punishment for me would be taking away my cell phone or something similar, but I can easily live without it. My cell phone is not a necessity. I will use it when I am bored or need to talk to someone, so I guess it would be an inconvenience not to have. I still do not think it is a harsh enough punishment if I did something that was really bad. At this point in my life there is really nothing my parents could do that would provide a proper punishment. I am more independent than a child and I could almost live on my own if I had an income of some sort. I am not sure what would make the best punishment for a child except for taking away something important to them. The problem with taking away something from someone my age is that they could have possibly been the one to buy the thing. The parent would not have the right to take it away in that case. I think that parents are kind of losing their power over their children. They really can't get away with making their kids do something in a lot of cases. The prime reason they have to make them do something is that they are living under the parents roof. This is hard to apply to someone older than me because they could move out of the house. Parents really need to come up with whatever punishment they can that will work.