Punishment Updates

Trust is out. Precaution is in. That is the fathering hint(s) of the day, at least in terms of punishment.

Two dads corporally punished. Phillip Connor, who frogmarched his son back to the candy shop from which he stole is a hero because he did it after talking the punishment over with the police. On the other hand, even though an unnamed — to protect both the guilty dad and daughter — Hedgesville, W.Va., father thought it was no big deal to tie his misbehaving teen daughter up in the basement as punishment (because it wasn't that tight or for that long), police believed differently. He didn't call for permission and he will now be tied up in court dates.

So the rule of law (at least for today) seems to be not to trust your instincts, but to check with authorities. Additionally, don't trust the screens of your little computer. Occassionally break into their work to have a looksee yourself and make sure they aren't hiding their activity from you using something like Dad's Around, software that lets the user hit a "hot key" to avoid the prying eyes and (hopefully) a father's punishment.