Hektore

Speaking of unorthodox parenting methods, my sister actually threatened to do this when she was about 11-12 and my old man looks her square in the face and says "If that's what you want, I'll call them for you. They aren't going to do anything to me, they're just going to take you and throw you in a foster home." He then proceeded to give her the rundown about what foster homes were really like, lets just say that 'threat' never came up again.

Back to the OP: This girl probably thinks its the lousiest crummy thing a parent has ever done in the history of parenting, much as I did for all the lousy crummy things my parents did to punish me that I thought were cruel and unusual. I was 14 only 6 years ago, and I can tell you now I'm grateful for every one of them. My parents rarely did stuff by the book, but it worked and I wouldn't be anywhere near the person I am today for all the punishments I received when I screwed up.

Did I get rewards for when I wasn't screwing up? Sure - my reward was not being punished. You can't say it better than maleficient:

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