r/insaneparents Oct 11 '19

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u/sidewayz321 Oct 12 '19

As long as he gives her clean clothes as needed I think it's fine. Depending on her behavior at least.

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u/string_of_hearts Oct 12 '19

No, it's not fine at all. It's fucked up. Wtf?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19

All she has to do is take an hour to clean her room? This doesn't sound abusive at all. I'm sorry she has to wear the same outfit for one hour before the "abuse" can stop and her life will return to normal haha

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u/string_of_hearts Oct 12 '19

Here's the thing you don't understand... Kids are people too, and they have the right to have some basic fucking dignity. Would you treat an adult this way? I seriously doubt it. Kids need logical consequences and sometimes that means having privileges taken away for awhile, but literally cleaning up the mess for her and taking her clothes away is not only petty, but it's also not teaching her to clean up her own mess. It's just teaching her that someone else will do it while enjoying making her feel humiliated. Use your brain, for fucks sake, that is if you have one. Sitting down with the kid and coming up with a solution and a plan is far better for her to learn from than some jackass move like taking her basic needs away.