Give your kids a lump of coal for Christmas? -

Are there any parents that REALLY give their kids nothing for Christmas because of their behavior? And I mean something that would merit this. I m just curious. I ve never really known a person who did that but i m assuming there are people who do. I remember when I was a teenager, if I wasn t deserving of it, I would still get quot;Christmasquot; but my mom wouldn t get me the one thing I reallllly wanted. She would say, quot;You think i m going to spend my hard earned money for something YOU want, when YOU want to disobey me?!quot; lol|::::|There have been times I haven t gotten anything for christmas... not because I didn t deserve it... just beacuse we didn t have money.|::::|I m sure there are parents who do, but I m not one of them. To me that is emotional cruelty towards a child. All kids act badly at times- even the cutest little angels :) Let s face it, if parents really gave coal to naughty kids then every kid in the world would get coal every Christmas. It s better to handle the situation appropriately and not associate their misdeed with a Christmas holiday or birthday or the like. What kind of memory would that make to a child? quot;Oh, I sassed so I didn t get any Christmas when I was fivequot;. Geesh.. I don t think so. There are other ways to discipline children when they are naughty that don t involve being cruel at Christmas to them.|::::|I ve never known anyone who actually did, although my mother claims that the twin boys who lived down the street from her when she was growing up got coal one year. I just think it would be cruel. Imagine the jealously and the hurt when they realized that they didn t receive anything while their brothers and sisters played with their toys.|::::|i think that there s probably parents that do that-but i think they are heartless b------ excuse my language-nbut that s just my opinion-yea but if your child isn t listening i would definatly do what you said-deny them just the thing they really want-don t totally deny them a christmas that s just heartless and mean|::::|A woman I used to work with used to pop a few potatoes in with the presents in the stocking, and tell her kids that every potato was a present they missed out on by doing something wrong during the year. I might have to try that one myself, because my kids f*cked up BAD this week.|::::|I could never do this to my children. It was threatened to me as a child, but my parents never did it. Santa always came through. I had to give my son a spanking sunday, and he is convinced that santa saw that and is not coming lol. I think santa will still make the trip down the chimney tomorrow :)|::::|lol your moms cool,lol my children are 4 and 5, they started mis behaving today and i piulled out my cell phone and went to the contacts where i had a fake number but it was listed as santa and I was like do you want me to call him to skip our house, OH BOY.lol they started behaving|::::|I don t. Once when I was little at a family reunion when I was little when *Santa* would come and give each of the children a gift. I remember a little boy getting a bundle of sticks plain sticks from trees.|::::|I wouldn t you. There are about 360 non-holidays every year, you can discipline on those days. Anyway you could be mildly naughty all year then straiten up come December and get away with it 99% of the time.|::::|LOL I would think that most of the world gets their children at least one thing for christmas, i mean unless your in jail they can t be THAT bad. I ve never met anyone who doesn t get anything either.|::::|I m not getting anything for christmas.|::::|I bet Jesus would find that thought flattering... Nope ever had it done, never knew anyone who had it done, and don t plan on doing it.|::::|i got coal in my stocking one year. just as a warnin for the year to come.. not a fun year|::::|I have not gotten any presents for my two boys due to their behavior this entire past year! Now that it s Christmas Eve...I do admit I feel horrible now because I want nothing more than to give them everything. I do know however that it is that desire that has helped them to become the unappreciative buggers that they are today. Is it too harsh? Perhaps, but so has their behavior been this past year. Will they be shocked and upset? I hope so. I have little left to do to sway their behavior short of involving authorities of some institution that we would all prefer to stay away from. So there you go...I am the first person I know of who has actually followed through with the threat of quot;nothing for Christmasquot; and I mean NOTHING. Excuse me now while I go cry because it is not an easy thing to do as I hope, as all parents do, that my kids don t hate me forever for this, but honestly I am at the end of my rope with the two of them. A saving grace for them is their father however, we divorced two years ago and he has gone out and spoiled them in an attempt to quot;winquot; their affections. You know what? He can have it because I m done playing that game. It s a game with no winners. Merry Christmas to all...and here s to a better year ahead!