Should we punish? Better yet, should we teach our children that life is punishing? Life will always come at us. When we can, we can turn things into games, debates, conversations, with sad happy Full House sappy music at the end. We can try, like @Stefan.Molyneux says, to negotiate with kids to give them choices. If we sleep now, we can wake early and we can play a game in the morning for example. If this, then that. Parents are often too busy and tired to help kids learn the art of the deal. Thanks for sharing, hehe. I'm Oatmeal Joey Arnold. You can call me Joey.