Did your mother ever trash your toys to punish you?

Question

Did she break your toys or just throw them in the trash?

Answer 1

If I didn't pick them up and put them away after she had already told me to a million times she started to throw them in the trash can. She let me get out what I could the first time only. After that if you wanted to keep it, you better put it away. That was not cruel. It worked! If you don't want things like that to happen then you need to follow the rules of the house, it's that simple. But that was when disciplining a child made them behave in public and they we're well mannered. A far cry from where we are today, that much is for sure. Just my thoughts.

Answer 2

One time when I was about 5, my mom threw away an entire roomful of my stuff (not my bedroom, but I had this little playroom thing) as a punishment. This included not only toys, but also books, tons of my drawings/paintings (which may have been worst of all- I've always been quite an artist), videos, school supplies, and who knows what else. She just got a huge trash bag and put every single thing in the room except for a table and chairs in it; she even took down pictures on the walls and threw those away. It all went in the dumpster, and I never saw any of it again. It was truly terrible and I remember it vividly to this day. (Seriously, even now at 17 I'm still not 100% sure she wouldn't throw away my stuff as a punishment...)

Answer 3

That is mean parenting to break children's toys. Who is the bigger child here? I feel sorry for the person on here whose mother burned her iPod. That's just downright mean and sends these children into therapy later in life. I agree with what everyone else says here, take the toys away and make the child earn the privilege of having them back.

Answer 4

I act like i throw them away but when they see me about do it they start picking up the toys. But I don't do that anymore. If they don't pick them up I put in a box and can;t get them back till each day they have pick up their toys.

Answer 5

I agree with Cheyenne.If my mother would have told me to pick the toys up & I didnt do it,I have no doubts that she would throw them away or else just give them to someone else..My brother has done the same things with his kids.If he has to tell them more than 3 times to pick the toys up,he will bag them up & they don't get them back..I dont see how that is harsh or mean.It taught them that he meant business.

Answer 6

My mother burned my Star Wars toys with the rest of the household trash. I tried to rescue them afterwards but they were all melted and charred black.

Answer 7

My mom always threatened me with throwing my toys away if I didn't pick them up, but she never did it. Her mother, however, did that to her as a child and I think it devastated her. I think it's a horrible thing to do.

Answer 8

no never that is the most terrible thing a perent could do. I mean yah they might take it but break it or trash it no. Thats mean

Answer 9

No way... it really is the variety of waste of money and it really is a negative thanks to discipline. extraordinarily in the journey that your toddler is amazingly connected to that toy... the right difficulty to do should be to maintain it from the toddler and use it as a reward if the toddler is being good!

Answer 10

no way never.. she'd take them away from me, but never break or throw them out, i wouldnt spend money on something nice for my child then throw it out

Answer 11

it happened to me once i was really far on a video game and one day when i was playing it a lot my dad came inside my room and broke the whole damn thing. i never forgave him for 3 months until he bought me another one.

Answer 12

that's awful. no. that poor child. take them away for a period of time, don't break them.

Answer 13

Oh my gosh that is horrible. No parent should ever do that.

Answer 14

my mom burned my ipod when I got suspended from school

Answer 15

No! and i don't think i'll ever do it to my kids either... confiscating yes... but breaking, No....

Answer 16

I think that's terrible.

The adult obviously lost control.