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Who wants to help me with a lesson for my junior high school class?
The 9th graders are reading an article about family rules in America vs. family rules in Japan. By family rules, I guess they are referring to things like chores, rules (curfew, no fighting), responsibilities, etc. The article also mentions some punishments for bad behaviour: the Japanese exchange student stays with an American host family who has a young child. When the child is acting badly, the parents have him take a "time out" to be quiet and think about what he did. The child has to sit quietly in his room for several minutes. But the Japanese equivalent to "time out" has been to put the children outside to punish them for bad behaviour. MY first thought was that if you did that in America, kids could be abducted, or run away! But I guess parents put their kids in the back yard, or somewhere they can at least keep an eye on them. The story in the textbook also mentions kids getting grounded in America for breaking a rule or being impolite to their parents.
By Wednesday, I am supposed to come up with a 20-minute activity and discussion about family rules in America vs. family rules in Japan. I can only think of the rules I had as a kid, and the punishments me and my siblings had, which was basically getting grounded or having special foods or toys taken away from us. My mom used to buy us special sweet cereal if we were good, and of course if we were bad, we couldn't have allowance or sweets.
So... my request is this: What family rules did you have growing up? And what kind of punishments did you have if you didn't obey your parents or if you broke a rule? What was grounds for punishment?
And if there are any parents on my list, please tell me what you expect of your kids, and what you do if they don't obey or if they are disrespectful, etc... what do you consider the "rules" of your house?
I don't want to limit this just to America, since I have many friends in the UK and some even in other countries. So if you have any ideas, please comment below. And if you are inclined, if you can think of a good way to teach this (i.e. a game or activity), I'd be happy to hear any ideas there too!!
Thanks in advance!!
Laura
The 9th graders are reading an article about family rules in America vs. family rules in Japan. By family rules, I guess they are referring to things like chores, rules (curfew, no fighting), responsibilities, etc. The article also mentions some punishments for bad behaviour: the Japanese exchange student stays with an American host family who has a young child. When the child is acting badly, the parents have him take a "time out" to be quiet and think about what he did. The child has to sit quietly in his room for several minutes. But the Japanese equivalent to "time out" has been to put the children outside to punish them for bad behaviour. MY first thought was that if you did that in America, kids could be abducted, or run away! But I guess parents put their kids in the back yard, or somewhere they can at least keep an eye on them. The story in the textbook also mentions kids getting grounded in America for breaking a rule or being impolite to their parents.
By Wednesday, I am supposed to come up with a 20-minute activity and discussion about family rules in America vs. family rules in Japan. I can only think of the rules I had as a kid, and the punishments me and my siblings had, which was basically getting grounded or having special foods or toys taken away from us. My mom used to buy us special sweet cereal if we were good, and of course if we were bad, we couldn't have allowance or sweets.
So... my request is this: What family rules did you have growing up? And what kind of punishments did you have if you didn't obey your parents or if you broke a rule? What was grounds for punishment?
And if there are any parents on my list, please tell me what you expect of your kids, and what you do if they don't obey or if they are disrespectful, etc... what do you consider the "rules" of your house?
I don't want to limit this just to America, since I have many friends in the UK and some even in other countries. So if you have any ideas, please comment below. And if you are inclined, if you can think of a good way to teach this (i.e. a game or activity), I'd be happy to hear any ideas there too!!
Thanks in advance!!
Laura
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