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Monday, September 06, 2010
Parents use ‘digital’ grounding as a 21st century disciplinary tool
Donna St. George ―
Washington Post
Not so long ago, teenagers in trouble got grounded. They lost their evenings out, maybe the keys to the family car. But lately the art of family discipline has begun to reflect our digital age.
Now parents seize cellphones, shut down Facebook pages, pull the plug on PlayStation.
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As another school year begins, and parents hold their children accountable for what happens in and out of the classroom, the threat of losing digital privileges will be a recurring flashpoint.
“It’s a modern version of grounding,” says Richard Weissbourd, a Harvard psychologist and author of “The Parents We Mean to Be.” “It’s like taking away a weekend or a couple of weekends. It’s a deprivation of social connections in the same way.”
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