I don't have children of my own, but having been one, I understand that one of the most important things a parent can do is to teach a misbehaving child that bad actions have unpleasant consequences.

Because the world doesn't always give immediate feedback, a parent has to go out of his way to bring the consequences home in a way that will make an impression, be it a spanking, cutting their allowance or something else. As a friend of mine once said, there's really only two ways to punish somebody: hurt them or take their money.

Thanks to Mindless Bit Spew, I've come across an excellent example of good parenting in action. A kid misbehaved, so his parents set up an eBay auction titled: "Selling Son's Beloved Play Station 2 For Punishment!"

As a little bonus humiliation, they explained exactly WHY the sale came about. Here's a short excerpt:

Here is the kickerÂ…Â…Â…Â…..Husband finds the corkscrew in the floor and part of a cork in the floor. Ask son who is play his beloved Play Station 2 if he has any thing he would like to tell us?

Son- “No”

Dad- “Really?

Son- “No”

Dad- “what did you use this corkscrew for?”

Son- “To open the beer.”

Dad- “What about this cork?”

Son- “What cork?”

Dad- “This cork.”

Son “Oh, THAT cork. I drank some wine too.”

Dad- “Well I hope you enjoyed that because it cost $120.00 a bottle!”

Parents might want to print this one out for use in their next idle threat.

Hurry, because these auctions don't stay posted forever. The link will probably be dead in a couple weeks.

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