i"ve recently been having problems with my 14 year old daughter, her behaviour is awful and she has a serious attitude problem, we keep grounding her but this dosn"t work as she sneaks out when our back is turned.
the last straw came when her teachers informed us she had been bunking off school.
now my husband and i have put a lock on her bedroom door and window that can only be locked or unlocked with a key,
so as a last resort we locked her in her room for the whole of the weekend as punishment for bunking off school, we emptied her roo of EVERYTHING except bed blankets and desk and chair for schoolwork no tv no phone etc.she absoletly hated it she banged on her door and started shouting, to be let out we just ignored her.
we gave her several punishment essays to wright on her behaviour and how she was going to improve it.
if she needed the bathroom she knocked on her locked bedroom door and waited to be let out,
we gave her meals in her room.
this was 3 weeks ago and since then her behaviour has improved , and i"m pleased to say we havn"t had to use this punishment again.
i"ve always thought the whole point of punishment is to make sure the person being punished dos"nt want to be punished again.
what do other parents think is this punishment too harsh or fair considering hed behaviour ?
ps and a safety note we always kept the key in the lock so she could be let out in an emergency, plus we were always close by to surpervise her ↓
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