Not so fun when you're.....dun dun dun....GROUNDED!

It all started on Friday March 7th with parent teacher conferences. Turns out me trying to give my 11 year old some responsibilities and not harping on him about doing homework (meaning when i ask him if his homework is done, and he says "yes", i believe him and  not go rummaging through his backpack) was a TERRIBLE idea. New parents to 11 year olds, take my advice, BE NOSEY AND GO THROUGH THEIR BACKPACKS! According to his teacher he hasn't turned in any of his homework this quarter. *Sigh*. So all these months of him telling me he did his homework, he was lying to me. And as everyone in my family knows, I DO NOT TOLERATE LYING! Period!!

So that's how we got on the subject of this blog. I'm not going to talk about how my son is behind in school blah blah blah. I've known this since he was in kindergarten. What I'm going to talk about is the emotion toll on a parent is when you ground your kid.

This is my first time ever having to actually "ground" my kid. He's been in  trouble before where I've taken some of his things away and after a week or so he gets it back. This time is different. This time it's for the whole enchilada. Not only did i take away his TV, tablet and he's no longer allowed to watch TV in the living room, but he's stuck in his room ALLLLLLL day and night. I believe that 90% of parents think that they can handle their kid being grounded and that it's no big deal. For me it's been an emotional nightmare.  Hearing my son cry in his room for hours, apologizing profusely pulls at my heart strings.  I so badly just want to tell him he's done being grounded, but deep down i know I'm doing the right thing and that he has to learn.

Every kid at some age has been grounded, so i know mine isn't the first. I know he's going to learn from this and hopefully come out on top and be more of an honest kid. I just want to see him succeed and be proud of himself and know that he is capable of so many great things if he would just apply himself.

But man being grounded is harder on the parent then it is on the child. Remember that. Don't give in, and just know you are doing the right thing. Your child will thank you for it later in life when they are succeeding!