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English translation: to be grounded (child/teenager) as a form of punishment
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|  Selected response from: Taña Dalglish Jamaica Local time: 19:01 | ||||||
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| 2 +8 | to be grounded (child/teenager) as a form of punishment |
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peer agreement (net): +8to be grounded (child/teenager) as a form of punishment Explanation: What does it mean to be grounded as a punishment? Grounding specifically means to keep them inside the house, although it is a form of punishment. As a punishment, a parent can: Take away the use of television. Take away the use of phone. Send child to bed early. Grounded [punishment] | WordReference Forumsforum.wordreference.com › threads › grounded-punishm... Grounding specifically means to keep them inside the house, although it is a form of punishment. As a punishment, a parent can: Take away the use of television. Take away the use of phone. Send child to bed early. Ground child/or a teenager Very popular form of punishment in the USA for instance. For teenager, grounding means things like taking away all electronic devices, preventing them from seeking their boyfriends, friends, going to the mall or removing any activity they are interest in as a way of teaching them a lesson! To be grounded takes many forms. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2020-05-02 23:46:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Another way of saying it is: "depriving someone of something" in order to teach them a lesson. Often teenagers who skip school/cut classes apart from punishment meted out by the school, often are grounded by their parents even up to a month, and privileges taken away. In other words, their normal routines are disrupted. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2020-05-03 00:04:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oops! "... any activity they are interested in ...". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days 20 hrs (2020-05-06 20:21:07 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Thank you so much! |
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