How To Survive When Your Grounded

  

Being Grounded

Life is not easy and so there's many things you have to learn how to survive. One thing you need to learn how to get through is being grounded. Being grounded is horrible.

You have to learn how to immediately get home after school, stay home on the weekends and watch in misery as all your friends are having fun going out. If that's not enough torture, when I'm in trouble and get grounded my parents take my luxury's away. My phone and my laptop go bye bye.

Then since your parents are upset with you whenever something needs to be done around the house guess who has the honor of doing it ? No not your other siblings that are probably sleeping in but you.

Survival Guide

When your grounded the best thing to do is do whatever your parents ask without one word. If you argue with them they just get more upset so it's best to do it quickly but do it right. Don't even say as much as the word okay because it might come off as "attitude" but if you do dare respond do it as cheerfully as possible.

Also its best to not even look at them. Well you can look at them but when they ask for something don't make a sour face or any dramatic faces. Smile or at least try to keep a straight face with them so ther's no scene.

 If you want to get off of your life sentence early do extra too.Randomly do the dishes or walk the dog. That will look good and maybe get you a day off or something. Even if it doesn't at least you can say you did something.

 Be nice no matter what kind of mood they are in. Help them with the littlest things and even ask about their day. If you do ask though, make sure you actually listen.


When your friends are talking about what their doing or how last weekend was just stop listening and think of happy thoughts. Another thing is to tell your friends you're grounded so they don't get mad or upset when you don't text them back or go to the movies with everyone.

The last thing you need to defeat is any temptation. I always have those thoughts about sneaking into my parents room and taking my phone or laptop back but then my common sense comes back because if I get caught I just add more time to my imprisonment. Definitely don't try to sneak out because that usually never works or at least for me it doesn't. Really just take your grounded time and turn it into the time that you will really focus on your school work or help around the house.

Learn From Your Punishment

 As much torture as it is you have to learn to take it and once your done being grounded make sure the next time you get to go out you really have fun. Also whatever you did to get grounded in the first place make sure you learn your lesson. Well hopefully you get more out of this then I do because even I don't always follow my own advice but really who does ? So when your grounded help out without attitude, or looks,  be nice, ignore anything you can't do or couldn't do from your friends and fight back temptation.

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