Around the age of 3...
my daughter was acting up, and would not desist.

An idea occured:"Go and sit on the naughty step right now" I said, firmly and without blinking.

She stopped, looked at me with those impossibly big eyes, and slowly and dejectedly left the room.

At which point i followed her, just to see where she went. We'd never mentioned naughty steps before, let alone show her where it was.

A good talking point in the Nature/Nurture debate, perhaps?

Edit: These days, when we fly, I threaten them with "the naughty wing"
(CADmonkey rollllllllled another one, just like the other one, Sun 10 Feb 2013, 17:58, 14 replies)

You had a daughter when you were three?

(Vigilante Man weeps because you're stupid., Sun 10 Feb 2013, 21:08, closed)

Not only that....
...but i shot an elephant in my pyjamas last night.

*waggles eyebrows and cigar*
(CADmonkey rollllllllled another one, just like the other one, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:43, closed)

We have a naughty wing in our house
It's the other end to the games room, past the green library.
( Ghoti Fingers, Sun 10 Feb 2013, 21:23, closed)

Where did she go?!
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RLfdKtAMKEs#t=84s
( The Coast Of Yemen, Sun 10 Feb 2013, 21:31, closed)

She went to the foot of our stairs and bawled her little heart out until i pardoned her about 15 seconds later
the rest is history.
(CADmonkey rollllllllled another one, just like the other one, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 8:38, closed)

One minute per year of age
...and that time doesn't start until the crying stops.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:40, closed)

Actually I give her a choice.
I show her a belt, a stick, and a wrench and say 'choose'.

She always goes for the wrench, because fuck me!
(CADmonkey rollllllllled another one, just like the other one, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:46, closed)

To be fair, Cluedo is fucking boring,
and thus quite a good punishment.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 13:50, closed)

Yeah, where did she go?

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 0:17, closed)

Don't listen to them ^
Where did she go?
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 4:13, closed)

Inquiring minds
need to know.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 11 Feb 2013, 4:56, closed)

Coventry.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 13:10, closed)

Where did she go?

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 13:25, closed)

bottom step, natch

(CADmonkey rollllllllled another one, just like the other one, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 13:41, closed)