Food restriction as punishment for bad behavour?

[ShatteredWings]

Would you ever tell a child they couldn't eat a meal because they were behaving extraordinarily badly?


[of course, i'm talking about MEALS, not sugar/candies]

[Sapphire]

It isn't something I would rule out completely, but I would use other methods first

[RaisingSand]

Only as a last resort. My parents never did quite like that with my siblings and me, but I can remember being told we couldn't have said meal until we had finished the task/chore had been assigned.

[The Batman]

Yes I would if the child was acting up at the dinner table and was acting like he didn't want to eat.

[ShatteredWings]

Only as a last resort. My parents never did quite like that with my siblings and me, but I can remember being told we couldn't have said meal until we had finished the task/chore had been assigned.
hm, not exactly what i'm talking about. that's not too extreme, much

like, 'your being so bad, i don't know if i want to cook for you tonight. Start behaving or you're not going to have dinner'

[Maverick]

I would never restrict a basic meal like breakfast, lunch, or dinner for punishment. I think that's wrong.

The only restriction for food I would is like sweets, deserts, etc.

[Sugaree]

If my child was acting out then I would punish them but not by restricing basic meals. I would restrict something like snack foods. I don't think it's right to restrict a meal because that's dening a child sustinence and that's not right.

[ShatteredWings]

hm, should've specified more

yes i meant meals. again, snacks aren't "important"


Meals, my vote is NO. that, to me, is beyond crule

[Oblivion]

I would never restrict a basic meal like breakfast, lunch, or dinner for punishment. I think that's wrong.

The only restriction for food I would is like sweets, deserts, etc.

Same.
I think keeping someone from eating is wrong, unless it is a snack, or something unhealthy.

[Rutherford The Brave]

If lil' Cheyenne acts up then she won't get sweets but for her shes going to eat nuitritious like I do.

[PrLatino93]

I wouldn't take away food as a punishment unless its a snack. When I was younger and got in trouble near or during a meal, my mom would be make me eat the whole meal as a punishment since I never ate the whole thing lol.

[Gumleaf]

I would never restrict a basic meal like breakfast, lunch, or dinner for punishment. I think that's wrong.

The only restriction for food I would is like sweets, deserts, etc.

yep, i agree. i think depriving someone from eating the basic meals is wrong and would never do it. however, when it comes to extras like sweets and desserts, i wouldn't have any hesitation if necessary to use that for punishment.

[Zephyr]

I would never restrict a basic meal like breakfast, lunch, or dinner for punishment. I think that's wrong.

The only restriction for food I would is like sweets, deserts, etc.

Yup.

A child has a growing body and they need food.
Not that skipping one meal is going to kill them,
It won't,
But excess, such as sweets and treats, would be suitable to take away.
I know that if I had ever been punished like that when I was a kid,
I may have well gotten into trouble on purpose just to get out of eating something that I didn't want to eat for dinner.
But if you take away treats,
They'll remember to be good so that they'll be able to get the foods that they do want to eat.

[Antares]

If I cook something and they don't want it then they don't eat. I would do something like that or rule out restrictions on like candy and sweets or keep them on a diet for some reason. However, just for being 'bad' like hitting or killing someone, No.

[Requin]

Well i'd keep it as a last resort thing than rule it out completely. I'd try other stuff first, but honestly if after severall other methods of calming them down they were still playing up, they deserve to not have a meal.
I think i'd take away snacks and stuff first, rather than a meal. Things they like.

[Underground_Network]

To me it depends on their age. Denying a preadolescent or someone even younger than that a meal as punishment is completely immoral and shouldn't be done, but denying someone in their teens who could possibly make food for themselves isn't that bad. I mean, at least in my house, dinner is a heavy meal, while breakfast and lunch are relatively light. And sometimes if its just me and my dad in the house and I piss of my dad he'll see he won't make me lunch, but its no big deal because I can make myself lunch [but I can't make certain things because I'm not too talented in the kitchen]. Denying a child who has the inability to make food for themselves the right to a meal is a completely unfair and cruel thing for a parent to do, but if the child [teenager] can make themselves food, I don't see too big a deal. Though again, I do agree with the majority of you in that restricting them from having a snack or having dessert is plausible, and that stripping them of the right to have a meal entirely is cruel and unusual.

[byee]

Refusing to feed your child as a 'punishment' is unacceptable to me.

Punishment is a learning opportunity, that's it's purpose, to help someone learn something. It needs to be calibrated to the infraction, it needs to make sense. Otherwise, it's use is just a way to express frustration and reassert ones authority. That just creates resentment, not much learning there.

Being an authority doesn't just mean that you can do anything you want. It means you can do less, actually, if you want to be seen as credible, anyway. Good authority is always wise and always patient, and good authority always does what's best for their charge, not themself. Refusing to feed a child is none of the above. There are lots of other things to use to provide that learning experience, and there are lots of other ways for the authority figure to address their own sense of powerlessness and frustration.

[Hyper]

Would I deny a candybar over something? Depends what and if its related.

Would I deny dinner? Well I can only think of 1 thing that would make me do that but thankfully I've never seen anyone with half a brain do it

[Techno Monster]

I'm sure depriving a child of food for any amount of time is abuse.

[ShatteredWings]

i think for an extended period it is actually, as that's starving a child... =/

[Callwaiting]

has happened indirectly to me though, like you're behaving so bad we don't want you at the table.

[checker]

I would never use food as a weapon against someone, ever.

I believe that every person should eat 3 healthy, nutritious meals each day, and none of that should be taken away as eating well is part of a good diet.

I think good punishments for children are still to use consequences, but to say things like "because you didn't stop doing that when you were asked, you can't watch TV tonight". This should get the message across because its restricting something which children value, but which isn't vital to their health / livelihood.

[Sapphire]

However, just for being 'bad' like hitting or killing someone, No.
Lol, I love how those are both on the same scale suddenly :)