Can someone please explain grounding to me? I have no idea what it means, because my parents never had occasion to use it. When we were bad, either we were spanked or we worked.
If Peter is this rebellious, you might expect him to disregard the grounding anyway. His mom can’t physically restrain him from leaving the house. What other punishments can she threaten? Even worse cooking?
Grounding is essentially the restriction of privileges. Literally, it would be applied to aircraft pilots who would not be allowed to fly (thus being stuck on the ground or “grounded”). The same concept is then applied as a punishment. A general grounding would mean not being allowed to leave the house to do anything fun. There could also be specific groundings (e.g., grounded from TV, grounded from video games, grounded from internet or phone use, grounded from seeing a certain someone, etc.)
Much like many people don’t get that “First Amendment” and “freedom of speech” refer to government regulation of speech, not freedom from being called out for saying something stupid.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Good try, Peter.
chris_o42 over 9 years ago
Sadly, the only thing Andy taught him is to never admit to anything!
UniqeUsername over 9 years ago
Can someone please explain grounding to me? I have no idea what it means, because my parents never had occasion to use it. When we were bad, either we were spanked or we worked.
dflak over 9 years ago
There’s due process and then there’s do process.
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
If Peter is this rebellious, you might expect him to disregard the grounding anyway. His mom can’t physically restrain him from leaving the house. What other punishments can she threaten? Even worse cooking?
Dave M over 9 years ago
Grounding is essentially the restriction of privileges. Literally, it would be applied to aircraft pilots who would not be allowed to fly (thus being stuck on the ground or “grounded”). The same concept is then applied as a punishment. A general grounding would mean not being allowed to leave the house to do anything fun. There could also be specific groundings (e.g., grounded from TV, grounded from video games, grounded from internet or phone use, grounded from seeing a certain someone, etc.)
Doctor11 over 9 years ago
Nice try, Peter, now enjoy your two weeks of being grounded and get caught up on your homework and chores.
phoenixnyc over 9 years ago
Much like many people don’t get that “First Amendment” and “freedom of speech” refer to government regulation of speech, not freedom from being called out for saying something stupid.
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Peter, when you live at home under your parent’s supervision, you are actually living in a totalitarian dictatorship!
Josh Rebich over 9 years ago
Court TV is now known as TruTV today.