Lump of coal too expensive... any alternatives for the "bad" list kids?

[Robb]

:eyes:

The teenager is on our last nerve. I'm thinking a big ol' sack 'a nuthin' for that one. :D

Anyone have any ideas for the kiddo that has coal in the stocking coming to 'em? :silly:

[haele]

1. Just remember - nothing that can be used as a weapon

or cause breakage.

How's about a peice of fruit or granola bar.

[sans qualia]

2. Lint.

[Webster Green]

3. Stocking stuffed with broccoli?

Just guessing he won't be thrilled.

[saltpoint]

4. Ah, there ain't no bad kids.

Make it a nice present.

[Lenape85]

5. How about a piece of shit

Wrapped in a gym sock

[davsand]

6. In my family it was a bundle of switches.

If you were bad you got a bundle of switches...

Now, in case that is just a Midwestern term, a switch is a tree branch stripped of leaves and smaller branches that is used to spank bad kids.

You want it green (so it has a spring action to it) and you want it about as big around as your thumb (I am told this is where the rule of thumb expression comes from, BTW.)

Frankly, I'd use it as an opportunity to get the kid's attention--by giving them the chunk of coal or bundle of switches--then I'd give them a real gift after they were freaked out for a short bit of time. Later in the day I think I'd talk to the kid about WHY they were on the S*&T list.

Laura

[sandnsea]

7. A list of chores

I always told them it was my job to train them to do something useful with their lives. :)

[maveric]

8. Dog shit wrapped in Filet - o -Fish wrappers.

That'll make beleivers out of them.

[MercutioATC]

14. We're trying to punish, not confuse.

Could YOU tell the difference between dog shit and a Filet-O-Fish?

[SKKY]

9. How about brochures from various boarding schools?

With a note reading, "Pick one!"

[Nicole]

10. A picture of Dubya

That should teach him!

[rasputin1952]

15. A lifetime of trauma from that gem...

:D

[Groggy]

11. socks and unders? n/t

[JVS]

12. Lump o feces

[neebob]

13. How about something she's been wanting?

Seriously.

[SOteric]

16. Where's that post about the parents who've been

making their misbehaving kids sell their favourite things on e-Bay...?

[leftofthedial]

17. make up a fake draft notice

and put them in the stocking