Suggestions: my son 7 opened his presents and had his 11 year sister rewrapp them. punishements?
Answer:
For one--there will NO surprises tonight when it comes time to open gifts!
That, and a good talking too, may be enough. Once it comes times to open gifts and he has no surprises, he'll realize that it would've been more fun to wait a few more hours. Just talk to him about how he should not have done it.
I know, I was that kid 32 years ago....next year, just to be safe--put your daughter's name on all of his gifts..and vice versa (or something tricky like that so IF he does open any, it'll be girl stuff or something else that is likely to gross him out!)
It's Christmas, just relax, and let them have fun for one day.
Me and my brother did that once when we were young and our punishment was we couldn't open gift until right before bed so we couldn't play with them.
move on their punishment is no suprise.
My sister and I used to do that all the time! My mom got wise and started numbering the gifts, then we didnt know who the gifts were to. It took us15 years before my mom would tell us the secret to her numbering (we never figured out). I was even numbers, my sister was odd, and my dad ended in zero. After opening a few of my dad's shirts, we stopped opening gifts on christmas!
oh man that was a good one!! LOL!!
no punishment needed, it will be that he has no surprises on Christmas day. No harm done, we all have done it lol
How about making them realize that they stole something from you?
Part of the joy of giving a gift is seeing the recipient's face light up with surprise. They cheated, so no surprise.
The 7 year old also stole something from himself. No surprise for him.
Don't kill Christmas completely. Talk this out beforehand so they know WHY it was wrong. If you're going to impose any actual punishments (grounding, etc) don't lower the boom until the 26th.
well i don't know if you read the story about 3 weeks ago,a mother hid presents at her mother's house next door,the boy was caught opening a present and played with it,she sent him to jail for breaking and entering.
That is an extreme case,but I think punishment should be to enlist your children in some kind of community service such as helping out the salvation army,or meals on wheels or something similar to that. Take them to a foster home and let them see what other children have or more exactly don't have.
I say no christmas for them, but my wife says take some of them away(till when?) We told our kids if they did that we'd take them all back...they havnt even shoke them...lol
I would make them wait until christmas evening to open their presents ... though it is cute to think they thought they would get away with it...
As an adult, we like the surprise but when you're a child you don't have that kind of patience. You want instant gratification. What they did doesn't need punishment. It's typical of children. Just smile and suggest to them that next year they try not to spoil their surprise.
You know, it's kinda sweet too that his older sister helped him out instead of tattling on him.
No punishment. Just become a little wiser for next year. Try empty boxes or with useless stuff in them. We all did it.
Go easy with the kids. Its Christmas and they are anxious about the gifts. Tell them the virtue of being patient. Please do not crack the whip on them. Just tell them, they won't be getting any gifts at all if they continue doing this. But please no whips or belts.
oooh just say youll take the gifts away and hide them away and when they really get upset give them like a day or twwo later
Take the presents away from both of them. Next year store the presents at someone else's house.
if they are christmas gifts then only let him open 3 or 4 gifts on christmas just to prove your point, let him know that santa don't like it when kids get into their gifts before christmas.
i say switch out the real presents for empty wrapped boxes ,and when they open them the look on their face will be punishment enough! if they still believe in Santa ,just simply say Santa doesn't let children keep their gifts if they have peeked a sneak early,let them think awhile and then give em the gifts. happy holidays!
Maybe you ought to put all the presents somewhere and come Christmas morning have none of them there. Just say that you cancelled Christmas this year and that the presents are in the car. Tell them that later in the day you are going to bring them to a poor family that need stuff for their kids. ha..than do it maybe letting them have only 1 of the gifts that were opened. I know it sounds harsh but it is a lesson they will learn well.
I opened all my gifts as a child and rewrapped them. I was never caught. but I must say it is something I never did again as it ruined Christmas for me that year. Maybe that is enough punishment for your child.
Well, since they have already done what they wanted with their gifts, I suggest you give them to some one else. A cousin or any one who would love to open presents on Christmas!
well its Christmas just tell him that he ruined his surprise
take all his presents back 2 the store
This year I threatened that if they opened or peeked at any gift before Christmas, they would immediately have to donate it to Toys for Tots, in person. It hasn't happened again [although the 9 year old is so clever that he just dug out all of my store receipts and read them. Not too clever, though... last night he mentioned a gift that he "saw me wrapping" that hasn't even made it to our house yet.]
yes u need to have him cloned as hitler for the next coming
I would simply tell them that they ruined their surprises. And just rember they are children. I would take some back and exchange for new things (if possible) and then that would really be a SURPRISE.
send the 7 year old to his room. and for the 11 year old she knew exactly what she was doing so ground her for a week.
My sister and I did the same thing around that age. I'm not sure if my mom knew about it but sister and I agreed not to do that again because the opening at Christmas just wasn't as it should have been. That was our punishment.
Neither one would get there toys, they would be donate to salvation army !
nonono noooooooooooooooooo punishment ur son is ONLY 7 years old! just chill outtt!! say to him "promise me u wont open them again or santa wont bring u presents anymore(dont say santa if he doesnt believe in it lol). Chill.....Out
Chill out, its almost Christmas, let them have some fun for once.
I absolutely loved Julez' answer it's freakin' ingenious! Kudos to the mom! I can only suggest that you remind your kids that they were wrong because it shows they can't be trusted. When they are explained how important character is and being trustworthy is then hopefully with reinforcement they will get the point. Now for the real punishment -this is where you got 'em...whatever is their favorite gift -tell them they can't play with it for however long you see fit. (Probably a day but if it continues maybe even a week or warn them that it WILL go back) That most definitely will stop future prying if you follow through. It sounds too hard but you only have a short time to teach your kids self-control before one day they are broke and can't seem to pass a bank without changing their outfit and shouting, "This is a stick-up". Take care of it now!
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