Mark

When I was a kid if I got in trouble I would do whatever it took to stay out of my parents way for the entire day so I would not do something to get in trouble again. Sometimes I would be sent to my room and it wasn't like now where kids have more fun sitting in their room than if they were around the parents. My daughter got in trouble today for shoving the neighbors kid during an argument and I almost believe that she was not bothered by her punishment.

It all started when the two girls were playing outside. We heard some shouting and apparently the other girl was waving a stuffed animal near my daughter and she didn't like it. So my daughter shouted at her to stop. When she didn't, she pushed her into that girls house. Our daughter has this knack where when she does something wrong, she will usually come right out and say it. She'll even tell us her punishment before we get the chance to implement it. She came right home and that's when we found out what she did. She ended up being grounded today and she will also spend the rest of the week coming home from school, doing any homework she has (her first day of school is tomorrow), and then sitting in her room until I come home from work. I figure if she has little to do and has to spend time in her room without all her toys or friends, she will have time to think about what she did. You'd think she would then avoid me for the day since I was extremely upset that she pushed the other girl. Nope. Instead she was humming and singing songs less than 30 minutes after all this happened. I was really upset that she took this lightly so I had to remind her that she was being punished.

Unfortunately this happens from time to time and I sometimes wonder if she really gets it. We have grounded her, taken away her most favorite possessions, made her do chores, and various other similar things and many times she does seem sorry and sincere about not doing those things again. Then there are the times when it just doesn't sink in. Maybe after sitting in her room for awhile until I get home and then having her explain what she learned from this experience will help.

Anyone else go through this with a child that is around the age of 7?

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