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Last year I was having a lot of problems with my son in school. He is high functioning autisic so behavior problems exist quite a bit. His teachers, principal, and others we all had a meeting. The rule is he has red days, (not good) yellow,(borderline)green which (a good day). Red he gets nothing but books to read, yellow a few other things, board games, green, his computer, Wii, and his other favorite things. He had only a few red days. He comes home in the green everyday. Take a mans toys away, he will straighten his act up!

Kathie - AGREE TOTALLY! The judge should have ordered the parents attend parenting class, too - ridiculous that a JUDGE had to parent.

So true.

If you have kids, you know how difficult it is to take stuff away. I was a perfect parent to my sister's kids... when I had my own, I didn't want to make them cry... I regret it now.

I completely agree. What a waste of judicial time. His parents should do their job and the court should do theirs. If its bad enough for him to even see a judge, I think it takes a bit more than taking away video games. How can anyone agree that this is a good idea? Is he THAT dependent on those games that he'll actually shape up. This disappoints me on so many levels.

There is nothing wrong with a spanking. When my son acted up he got a good smack or two on the ass and was required to say thank you. Now, thirty years later, he's a fireman,we are good friends and he still says thank you. Sometimes we laugh about it when we hang out.

Hon, you can get your hiney thrown in jail, or kids takien away. We live in a different world. So go ahead a beat them, takes a bigger person to discipline a child, without hitting. Try taking what they hold dear to them. A spanking goes away after it stops hurting. Take their stuff! I did and my boy is an angel now, well in comparison, to what he was like. Some people calling it bribs and threats, it is called responibility for your actions.

I hope your children will be able to put together a sentence with the correct spellings after you hit them.

They never below a "B" again. When did a B become a good thing?

isisaquaria -Someone who isn't able to make a complete sentence should be the last person to ask when a "B" became a good thing. I didn't say that ALL they got were "B's" however, when they brought their grades UP from C's & D's to A's & B's I was so much happier. Especially since BOTH my sons graduated valendictorian from high school and my oldest just graduated from Tulane University Law School, this past summer, at the TOP of his class. Now, when you can ask a more intellegent question, we'll talk again.

Kerry, obviously the parents did not do this or were unwilling to, the kid ended up in court for a reason, and if the parents can't control the did then the courts are left with coming up with a solution. It would indeed be a wonderful world if every parent assumed responsibility for their children

Sorry that should read "can't control the kid"