When we were kids and teenagers, most of us at some point got out of bounds, and our parents have used the trusty 'grounding' technique to put us back in place. But sometimes parents themselves go out of line to ground us without a good reason. This challenge is a tribute for those bad reasons. Let's share them!
#1
I got grounded for going sledding in the mud with my friends. I had fun so it was worth it
21points
#2
I got grounded because my mom's friend offered to lend me her Ghostbuster's VHS so I could watch it at home and I said yes.
15points
#3
My brother was mad I couldn’t pitch a ball “properly” at 5 years old, and decided to chuck it full force (for an 8 year old) at my head. Nailed me just in front of my ear, made me cry. He got grounded for being a turd, I got grounded for crying.
15points
#4
As a kid, I once accidentally locked my mother outside in the garden. She didn't let me hear the end of it for years! Each time she remembered the incident, she'd lace into me. I didn't lock her out on purpose, but after all her nagging, I sure wish that I had.
15points
#5
I got grounded for talking my friend while I was supposed to help with her little sisters birthday. We had a good conversation, never the less!
14points
#6
I got grounded for taking the dog's for a walk and disappearing for almost 6 hours. I had decided I wanted to go play on the playground at my school which was about a half mile or so away. My mom wasn't huge on corporal punishments but that didn't stop her from breaking a spatula on me that day before she went for the wooden spoon. TBH grounding me wasn't much of a punishment though, I was an obsessive reader back then and my Mom never took away my books. Grounding meant I got to hang out in my room and read all I wanted to which was fine with me, the chores that got heaped onto the grounding...yeah that was a different story *sighs*.
14points
#7
I was a stupid kid and I thought I could teach the dog to catch a frisbee by turning it upside down, filling it with dog food and tossing it...Needles to say it made a mess and my dog just sat there.
14points
#8
I got grounded (and worse) for eating the last of my mom's snackwell cookies..... except I didn't eat them.... she did and forgot. Got an apology 15 years later. lmao
14points
#9
When I was 10 we lived on an Air Force Base. There was this huge kid, Brian, (who was 11) who loved ambushing kids on the way to school and beating them up for their lunch money. He usually got 6-8 kids to hand over their money every morning.
I had just joined the band that year and ended up playing the trombone. Brian especially loved picking on 'band nerds', so I lost my lunch money every day for 2 weeks before I decided I had had enough. The next day I was half way to school when Brian jumped out of some bushes, gut-punched me really hard, and demanded my lunch money. When he held out his hand, instead of giving him my $3 I took my trombone case and swung it at him as hard as I could. It hit him full on in the face, there was a crunch and blood, then he ran off screaming and crying. I spent the entire day at school waiting to be called to the principal's office, but nothing happened. I walked home, thinking I'd gotten away with it, but I was very very wrong.
When I got home there was a very nice white car and a MP (Military Police) car parked outside of our trailer. I was trying to sneak into the yard when the door flew open and my Mom dragged me inside. Brian was the only child of the Base Commander, and I had broken his nose and given him 2 black eyes. Terrified I was going to get arrested, I explained through my tears what Brian had been doing, how many kids he'd beaten up, and why I'd hit him with my trombone case. I said that I'd told teachers, the principal, and staff at school but no one wanted to accuse the son of the Base Commander. I had just wanted Brian to leave me and my friends alone. Base Commander dragged Brian out by his ear, and I found out later he was sent back to military school.
I ended up being grounded for a month, was suspended for 2 days, had detention every day after school for a week, AND was forced to play the clarinet instead of the trombone. All because I stood up to a bully when no one else would.
14points
#10
I have been grounded for my brother screaming at me.
13points
#11
I was grounded from books for reading too much. Luckily I had a stash of some of my favorites under the carpet in my room.
13points
#12
i got grounded for calling my sister a name and annoying her the worst part is i was grounded for 2 years!!! my dad s and was a phsyco
12points
#13
I was googling swear words.
12points
#14
In 3rd grade, I would secretly buy chocolate milk with my lunch that they packed for me. My parents didn't find out after 2 months. But when they did, they grounded me for 3 weeks.
11points
#15
My friend disappeared from church activities for a few weeks. When she came back, I asked her why she was gone. She said she'd been grounded because her car had to go to the shop. After much conversation, I figured out that the oil light had come on and they had to get an oil change. Her mother apparently had been driving all her adult life without knowing that she needed to change the oil regularly, and had grounded my friend because of the "extra" cost.
(My friend's mom was divorced, so I assume her ex-husband took care of car maintenance while they were married. But how her cars survived the years between her divorce and this incident is a mystery to me. Needless to say, I informed my friend of the basics of car care so it wasn't a problem any more.)
9points
#16
I got grounded for playing on PC. Needless to say, I played even more once I got grounded cause I couldn't do much else. Then dad stole the power plug, and I had nothing to do. To this day I don't think that it really solved anything. On the contrary, it made me appreciate my favorite past-time even more.
8points
#17
One time in 1st or second grade I think, it was a while ago. I was sneaking chocolate milk without paying for it. One day my friend found out and said if I didn't do what she wanted she would snitch. I did every thing she wanted me to do (It was torture) and she still told my parents. I was grounded for a week.
8points
#18
I have been grounded because my brother was upset with me or because he hit me or because he tattled for no reason. Being the older sister is horrible sometimes but it is worth it at the end of the day!
8points
#19
I got grounded for the injuries of a friend. We were going down an embankment with our GoCarts and I said it was too dangerous for them to come with me. Anyway, they did. End of story: Because of them reaching into my steering wheel, we crashed. They got hurt, ran to my Mom and told her it was completely my fault. I got grounded for a couple of weeks, they got ice cream and dolls as an "excuse" from my Mom. (I got hurt too but lighter so nobody cared)
7points
#20
For not being there to stop her when my younger sister misbehaved.
7points