tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972090868253174584.post5764153384039027052..comments2023-07-09T07:55:23.262-04:00Comments on The Happy and Not-So Happy Rantings of a Chocolate Mom: Punishment For Opening Christmas Presents?? - UPDATED!!Chocolate Mom aka Blupoetreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645166301449951483noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972090868253174584.post-56388133004294036052010-12-24T23:24:31.603-05:002010-12-24T23:24:31.603-05:00WOW is all I can say....I can honestly say we don&...WOW is all I can say....I can honestly say we don't put the Christmas gifts out until Christmas Eve not to prevent anxious kids but for the sheer look of awe on their faces when they see the change from having gone to bed so that Santa can come...mind you Santa brings one gift because he can't get all the glory but they dont'care about that....you really do need to get to the root because she is old enough to know better and if you have a standard punishment then at some point is it really a threat if she knows what she is going to get taken away from her....good luck because 6th and 7th grade is going to be even drama as she comes into her own or tries to...cuzzonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972090868253174584.post-77011512312641594562010-12-23T21:21:37.200-05:002010-12-23T21:21:37.200-05:00That child must have been really excited! LOL. I d...That child must have been really excited! LOL. I don't have a 10-year-old, but I would ask them to wrap the gifts back that don't belong to them. Then on Christmas, the child won't have any (or not as many?) gifts to open -- that's a natural consequence for opening gifts early. Now you won't get to be excited with everyone else on Christmas morning. <br /><br />Then I would try to get to the bottom of the behavior and try to figure out the real reason the child opened gifts -- I'm sure they knew that it was for Christmas and not some random occasion.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286253462703793396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972090868253174584.post-23920317248197240442010-12-23T13:40:36.577-05:002010-12-23T13:40:36.577-05:00Well, I come from hardcore parents (check out my l...Well, I come from hardcore parents (check out my last blog about what they did to me one Christmas), so I'd likely let her keep one gift and take all the rest away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972090868253174584.post-3006076393699070592010-12-23T12:40:01.831-05:002010-12-23T12:40:01.831-05:00Beating'! lol I just read Makes me WAnna Holle...Beating'! lol I just read Makes me WAnna Holler's post and I thought I'd make myself laugh more with your no-more-communal-peeing post!<br /><br />Hilarious!Tracita Linda (Tracey)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787405516323373170noreply@blogger.com