re: Longest you were grounded as a youth and why?

In ninth grade got caught smoking cigs in the bathroom during lunch. When we got the office the secretary informed them that we were skipping school that morning (she saw my buddy and I walking down the road that morning). That afternoon the sheriffs investigator showed up at the house. Apparently a house belonging to the County juvenile officer had been burglarized that morning and because the secretary saw us walking in front of it, we were blamed.

I got the shite beat out of me and was grounded for a month. They caught the real burglar a week later but they kept me grounded for embarrassing them by having the cops show up.

Had a couple more two week groundings resulting from getting tossed from school for smoking or skipping. By 16 they pretty much gave up on me and just prayed I came home alive.

I’ve always heard that you reap what you sow and feel bad about the hell I put my folks through. I have no idea why the Lord chose to bless me with three children who have grown up to be wonderful young adults without a giving us a minutes problem(so far at least.) but I’m eternally grateful that he did.

It’s absolutely deplorable Skilket. These “posters” and their unqualified discourse...it’s gotten to the point where it’s completely reprehensible.

One month. My parents figured out that grounding me from video games and whatnot was much more effective at getting me to behave than a spanking.

I was probably 6ish and my mom picked me up at my grandma's one summer day after work. She was inside talking while I sat in the truck. It was hot, so I turned the ignition to try to get the AC going. Problem was, it was a manual so it jumped forward and rolled about 10 feet into a pine tree.

Dad was pissed when he got home.

I could have only wished to be grounded. My dad had a belt back then with his name on it and it didn’t take to many times for it to be branded across me to not screw up much again. Well until my dumb rebellious years later on but I had done moved out and nothing they could do.

I firmly believe, not beating but spanking my kids. I believe it’s what’s wrong with some of these hoodlums today. Parents scared to spank them. They go a week without tv, they don’t care since there’s about 10 other ways to access tv, or communicate with others. Back then, it wasn’t no “hold on I’ll call you right back my parents are coming “. You had one phone line, and you talked to your friends by actually going over there. And then the tv only had 3 channels and you went outside to turn the antenna to even pick up anything decent. Kids today have it made. We did good to have a cheap set of walkie talkies then.

Good God almighty I just experienced my first “Get off my lawn moment” and I’m not actually old, old.

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No a 17 year old female. Zoo parking lot.

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Jesus. I hope it wasn't one of the animals.

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I would have traded being grounded for a good arse whooping every single time. Being grounded was the worst, the arse whooping only hurts for a bit.

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I had a friend one day who had done something to piss off his father and his father said he was going to give him a spanking. My friend (about 16) said he was too old for a spanking. So his dad said if your are too old for a spanking you are old enough for an beating. And that is what that old man did. Beat my friends arse like a rented mule.

That beating probably did more to change his ways than all the groundings and spankings combined.