- The Gene Simmons “TONGUE” Method: Actress Rosario Dawson says that her mom, who she describes as amazing but “radical,” used to lick her when she misbehaved. It was very embarrassing to be licked on the cheek right in front of friends but it worked like a charm.
- Knees To The Floor & Nose In The Corner: This is old skool, but always works!
- Write Sentences: I remember doing this during school. Pull out the pen, paper and start writing… “I promise I will never…”. This works for older kids as well.
- Clean The Grout: One of my kiddos threw a major fit one day, so Jodie made them clean the grout in the entire kitchen.
- Night Time Chores: My oldest put off mowing the yard for several days, so I made him mow the yard at night. I pulled my Jeep up, turned the lights on high, he strapped on a head lamp and started mowing.
- Hold Your Tongue: When Lisa Welchel’s kiddos lie or act out in public, she makes them hold their tongue with their fingers.
- Wall Squats: If your kids are hyper and can’t shut it off, sit them on the wall and have them squat. This is from P.E. back in 82.
- Close The Door: Love this one from Lisa Welchel, Does your child slam the door when she’s angry? You might tell her, “It’s obvious that you don’t know how to close a door properly. To learn, you will open and close this door, calmly and completely, 100 times.”
- Head Gear: If your daughter is sneaking around and dating behind your back, you can always order some head gear.
- Jail Time Several years ago I sent my son to jail. He hit his sister and I told him when boys that hit girls, they go to jail. I put him under the kitchen table, put a barrier around it and didn’t let him out for the rest of the night. He has never hit her since. I learned this one from my friend Randy Coleman, he is a great family photographer if your interested.
- Work Release: Has your daughter ever thrown a fit for a candy bar at Piggly Wiggly? Well…go ahead and buy that Fun Dip, jack up the cost and make them work to pay it off.
- Rainbow Bunchie: Your son watching too much tv? Make him sent in front of YouTube and watch 10 hours of Rainbow Bunchie!!
- Manual Labor: That’s right baby, put em to freakin work! (pulling weeds, raking, cleaning toilets) Especially the youngens!!
- Sibling Rivalry: Write a letter to the brother and sister they offended.
- 1 Page: Have your kiddos write one page of what they did, why they did it, why it was wrong and what they should do differently next time.
- Ask Forgiveness: If your child has hurt, lied to or stolen from someone, you MUST teach them the long lost art of asking for forgiveness.
- The Crap List: On the counter keep a “crap list” of jobs. Yeah, I did just say crap list. This could include picking up dog poo, cleaning toilets, washing windows or cleaning the garage…you get the idea. Teach them that when they disobey, lie, have a bad attitude that they have to pick a chore from the “crap list.”
- Double The Fine: Hit your sister, pay $1. Hit your sister again, pay $2. Forget to take out the trash, pay 50 cents. Forget again, pay $1.
- Double Chore Day: Hurt, argue or speak death to a sibling…have your daughter take on her brothers chores for that week.
- Make Them Wear Crocs: You may love crocs, but wearing the crocs in the pic above would be the ultimate punishment for
Team Sprad.
Add to the list? What is your “GO TO” form of discipline for your kiddos?
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Another good one for slamming doors…take the door off for an extended period of time! Thanks for some creative ideas!
good one Alicia! Thanks for adding to the list.
Those. Crocs. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! My son would DIE! hahahaha! Thanks for the idea!
yeah…crocs are NO BUENO in the Sprad home.
Love this. Another idea for sibling rivalry is to have them tie their hands together until they can get along.
that is awesome! I am doing this w/ Cole and Tifton.
For sibling rivalry we make them hold hands until they can apologize. They also have to say “please forgive me for…” to acknowledge what they did. The last thing is vinegar on the tongue for lies or backtalk.. luckily the only one who likes vinegar is our compliant child
vinegar on the tongue is great stuff…
Would you be all for exchanging hyperlinks?
When my brothers and I would argue growing up, Mom would not only make us write a list of at least ten things we liked about each other, possibly more if the arguing persisted, but we would then have to sit across from each other at the dining room table and read our lists to each other face to face, one line at a time.
This is so good! I have to figure out a way to compile all of these and make them available…thanks amber!
When my son talked back or said unkind things to his sister, he would lose the privilege to speak until he could say something kind to her, but he would have to start with “I’m sorry…” at the very least, the temporary silence was nice. She had the same punishment, but figured out very quickly it wasn’t worth it.
thanks for contributing to the conversation Martha.
I knew a lady who tried everything to discipline her daughter. Nothing worked. The teen was very into her clothes. So the mother took her clothes away and bought her white button up shirts and khaki slacks to wear to school. Although this could be costly, they had the money, but perhaps a thrift store would come in handy. This totally worked for them.
Also original strenghth Listerine works on a potty mouth, and kills two birds with one stone.
Especially love this Amber…love how this can curb materialism.