Quote From: indiagirl
"This is not the way to get/teach Respect, respect is earned, a family with an issue could use other means of communication/methods to resolve, it would be very surprised if his type of solution worked, and in fact, has been said by this mother that the next day there was NO change. I see this as merely attention getting and no more, Moms on Strike is not a new thing 1984 Movie, I hope Dr.Phil explains to other mothers out there with the same problems, that there are Healthier, Unselfish, Unconditional and more respectful ways to deal with this, than selling your family's property without them knowing, and the Charity thing came up after the auction ended an offer from the buyer herself, who bought the stuff.
Plain not right, I sure hope she left the show with some better knowledge of parenting/family skills "
My grandfather used to BREAK things that weren't picked up, or if his kids were fighting over something. My mother settled for simply dumping toys in our beds so we couldn't sleep until we'd done something with them. When things got too messy, she'd threaten us with carting them off to Goodwill. She never had to, but we knew she would have done it.
I'd do it if the kids were old enough to understand what was going on. Kids usually have too many toys (I'll say it--I had too many toys, and I didn't have nearly as many as a lot of kids) and anything they really care about, they'll protect. I still have all my most beloved toys. I let a lot of others go and don't miss them.
