Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Wheel of (Punishment) Fortune

I could have used one of these 20 years ago to impose time outs, grounding, household chores etc. when my boys misbehaved.




With Jose Gonzalez’ “punishment wheel,” patented in 1989, a misbehaving child can randomly choose the punishment he’ll receive. “From the child’s point of view, it appears that an inanimate object is choosing and imposing the punishment, instead of his parents. Direct parent-child conflict is thereby eliminated.”

Found at Futility Closet

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