SCOTT KEEN'S BOOKS
  • Home
  • My Blog
  • Harvey Gorge's Journal
  • Video Editing Portfolio
  • Writing Portfolio
  • Press & News
  • Events
  • Contact
  • The Village of Kilhaven

Creative Punishments

12/13/2014

0 Comments

 
When I was a child and would do something wrong, a punishment I frequently received was to write.  Yes, the humor of this is not lost on me, and while my mom did not let me write whatever I wanted, it still sparked something in me.  And perhaps it led me to see that a way of relieving tension or anger was putting pen to paper, which led me on a lifelong pursuit of the craft of storytelling. Made it so that I feel compelled to write and can’t help but do it.  In that sense I could see that maybe her punishment was really a gift. (If you know my wife, you know that this is something that she would say.)  

Or, (and this is more something that I would say) it was really the ultimate punishment, like this quote I put on facebook a few days ago:

If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy. – Dorothy Parker

Or, it was just a tool that hopefully made me stop calling my brother an idiot.

Whatever the case may be, I figured out a creative punishment last night for my daughter who hates math.  She had a bad attitude and was being defiant, and so I made her do a math worksheet.

Some of you may think that I’m ruining her future as a mathematician, but I can assure you that she’s more than likely not going to go that route anyway.  And anyway, my mom made me write sentences, and look at me now!  I write sentences all the time, and I really enjoy it!

So along that line of thought, maybe she WILL be a mathematician, and she’ll have me (and her bad attitude) to thank.

Creative punishments.  Think one up for your kid today.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Audiobook

    Picture
    Order the Audiobook from Audible

    Archives

    February 2021
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    November 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    May 2014


    Categories

    All
    Homeschooling
    Life
    Movies
    Parenting
    Writing

    Subscribe to Newsletter
© COPYRIGHT 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Photos used under Creative Commons from KAZVorpal, symphony of love, Nern Bird, BuddaBoy, eflon, verchmarco, Marcus Bichel Lindegaard, Daddy-David, marksmorton, Brett Jordan, Dennis Valente, ajbunsby, FolsomNatural, Foto Jennic, Tambako the Jaguar, Tays Rocha, cliff1066™, sheggy, Ka `, Rum Bucolic Ape, TheBosque, Brett Jordan
  • Home
  • My Blog
  • Harvey Gorge's Journal
  • Video Editing Portfolio
  • Writing Portfolio
  • Press & News
  • Events
  • Contact
  • The Village of Kilhaven