Tangled Hair Disaster
Lesson learned: Don’t mess up with your hair, or else your mom will haunt you with a hairbrush.
Parenting Fails
Kids can be annoying but when a teaching moment becomes an epic fail, you have to put aside that punishment to laugh at the awkwardness after.
Called Your Bluff
Mothers can be scary sometimes. Says a lot that he had to wait until the threshold of adulthood at 32 before he dared it.
The Case Of The Flying Frozen Loaf
Who knew bread could carry the punch of a heavy brick? Definitely not this Redditor or he wouldn’t have underestimated the tools she had at her disposal.
Grandma’s Unlimited Ammunition
Poor grandma. A house full of kids can be taxing for anyone to handle, talk more of an old woman.
A Mother’s Victory
Sometimes, all that is required are more subtle methods of discipline and you get the same result.
Mental Warfare
Mothers literally created the handbook for mental warfare against stubborn kids. There’s something in the book for whatever trick you think you’ve created to win.
Emotional Attack
If the mental game doesn’t work, mothers have yet another trick up their sleeves - guilt-tripping. If that doesn’t melt any rebellious spirit inside you, you are beyond saving.
Dads Can Do It Too You Know
Who says that the counting method only applies to moms. Even dads can use it but don’t expect them to go light because they’re ready for real punishment.
Switches And Whips
Grandparents live by the “spare the rod, spoil the child rule.” Don’t mess with them. If you had the same experience with switches, then for sure you know how painful that was!
The Classic Asian Move
Now, I don’t know if that was straight from a Kung Fu movie or someone’s grandmother grew up in a gang, but all I know is that grandma is someone you don’t wanna mess around with.
The Slow-Mo Effect
That’s another effective method of counting - until you have kids that are suddenly curious about how long you can count up for.
The Belt
At least one more kid is lucky enough to never experience heavy trashing from their parents.
The Military Mom
Like the Redditor said, always take a stand for what you believe in. It might not pay off but at least, you let your voice be heard. Too bad he still got a whooping for it in the end.
Bye, Kid
Nothing like a little dose of reality to set even the most obstinate child straight.
Don’t Test The Punisher
We can all agree that the worst possible place to choose to rile your parents up is when they’re already mad at you. Your self-preservation instincts should kick in at any spot before that.
Mother’s Telepathy
Willing to bet that many kids and adults alike would give anything to catch the kind of lucky break this kid had.
Get The Cops Involved
If your kids do not think highly of your disciplinary skills, it only makes sense to hand over that duty to someone whose skills will not come into question.
A Mother’s Confession
You can tell that she practices soft parenting with her kids. That’s the only reason why she was able to raise a kid that understood they had crossed the line and why she was so open about confusion. While punishing your kids, don’t forget to let them know the reasons why.
Need A New Broom
There’s a thin line between what is acceptable discipline and what isn’t. Breaking a metal broom on your kid’s back crosses several of those lines.
No More Stupid Things
One of the hardest situations to get out of is a two-parent tag team. There’s literally nobody you can appeal to plead your case.
Dinner Mess
Mothers don’t joke about food wastage. You know she must have been at her wit’s end to have thrown that spoonful of food.
Another Brush Story
Safe to say that the brush is the preferred weapon mothers use for daring kids.
Wash Your Mouth Young Man
She took “Go wash your dirty mouth out with soap” the extra mile.
Hit Him Hard
Once again, the wrongest person you should talk smack to is an already enraged parent. It never ends well.
Lesson Learned
Yes, sometimes just showing your kids every action has consequences is enough to set them straight. Bet that kid never joked around again when it was time to leave with his dad.
Thunderbirds Can’t Rescue Now
This practice may not be common in Western homes but they’re the go-to punishment in many African and Asian homes.
Oh, Grandma
Oh, this sweet grandmother! Good for them that their nana suddenly forgot their punishment or they would have had one heck of a whipping they won’t forget.
Brother’s Love
It’s clear she wasn’t looking to discipline as much as she was looking to take her anger out on something.
Perfect Circle
In the heat of anger, mothers can throw the closest thing their hands land on. At least she learned that these things could leave physical damage.
Oh man, I'm old now but that brings back an old memory. When I was born I already had 5 older brothers and mom had an 8 year break from having children, then SURPRISE! NibblesMcGiblet came along. As the only girl, I sometimes heard stories of how bad my brothers had been when they were my age (probably told to keep me from getting into similar trouble) and I definitely remember my mom saying the only time she ever used anything to spank any of us, it was a wooden spoon on my second-to-oldest brother. Apparently it broke as she spanked him with it (he was a teen) and it left a mark and she vowed not to do that to any of the other kids for any reason, and then didn't.
UNTIL I had hair down to my butt and was the only girl, and at one point I thought that brushing my hair with a round brush would make it curly. No, it made it TANGLED. My mom spent a couple of hours working that knot out and then swatted me with the brush.