Q&A for How to Get Off of Punishment Early

Be extra nice to them, and be very well behaved. They will wonder why they grounded you in the first place!

Stop asking. If you keep badgering them about it, you'll only make them more annoyed. Just be on your best behavior for a while, and they might decide to let you off your punishment early without you asking.

Try to bring your grades up! Try to do extra credit papers and/or study for tests extra hard. This will show your parents that you are responsible, and they might unground you.

It would be best to stay quiet and not come back with any arguments to make the situation worse. Hopefully once they see you are calm, they will calm down and you can all work it out.

Here's the thing; your parents aren't punishing you because your bad grade hurt them. They are punishing you because bad grades hurt you. If your bad grades become a pattern, you won't have the skills necessary to succeed and will not have the opportunities in life that someone who does well in school will have. Your parents are trying to show you that your actions have consequences so you won't be surprised when you grow up and find the world to be a harsh place. Instead of trying to pacify your parents so you can get out of your punishment, take a minute to think about what your parents are trying to teach you and learn from your mistakes.

Ask them why they don't want to talk about it. A why in a situation like this could help.

Show your parents the grades you brought up. Tell them you plan to continue to work hard, and ask if they would please consider reducing your punishment.

If you are trying as hard as you can and it is not working, you could do one of two things. The first one is you could just accept your punishment. The second option is to politely ask if your punishment can be reduced. If the answer is still no, you will just have to just accept it.

Show them your grades, if possible. If not, tell them about your grades. Let them know you've been working hard to turn things around, and ask them if it's possible to start gaining some of your privileges back.

Accept the punishment, and try to focus on being glad it is only for one day. Think about the things you want to do tomorrow once the punishment is over.

If you talk back, you're not taking responsibility for your words and actions. You probably won't get off your punishment early, and your parents might even make your punishment longer.

Apologize and tell them that it will never happen again. If they punish you, just accept it. They'll get over it, just make sure you don't make the same mistake again.

Find a new hobby. While you're enjoying your hobby, time will go by faster. Also, there's a chance your parents will shorten your punishment if you behave yourself, take care of your responsibilities at home, get good grades, etc. Don't count on it, but it's possible!

Do all your homework, follow the methods in Study More Effectively , and do your best possible on quizzes and tests so that you can provide proof of your improvement to your parents. You could go so far as to ask for extra credit in class. If your grades are improving remarkably, a teacher might be impressed enough to be convinced to write your parents a note mentioning it. Focus the time you would've spent on the games that were taken away on doing everything you can to raise your grades, and be sure to better prioritize your time once you've gotten the games back; you may find the advice in Make a Study Timetable helpful.

If he gets mad very easily, you should probably just accept your punishment. But you can always find ways to help him out by doing chores, etc. If you see him working on something, ask if you can help. He might decide to go easy on you.

You probably won't. You were given a second chance and you blew it. The best thing to do is accept the punishment, because if you try to argue, they'll probably make it worse.

Parents are always going to "team up" on you to some extent, because they're on the same side. But if they bring up things you've done in the past, try saying something like, "I know I've made mistakes before, but it upsets me when you're continually bringing things up that happened a long time ago. I'm sorry those things happened, and I'm trying to do better."

You should finish that homework and apologize for not finishing it when you were supposed to. Then promise you'll never finish an assignment late again.

Just wait. Maybe it will be short, and if it is not, try to do good things, like doing chores or helping your parents with groceries. After a while, they might unground you.

Try doing other things that can take your mind off of wanting electronics. If you're artistic, you might want to paint on some canvases or sketch. If you like being active, maybe try doing some stretches or ask one of your parents if they can take you to the gym.

Just wait it out. Find a new thing to do to pass the time. You could read, dance, sleep, or draw.

Inform her that hitting you is abuse and if she doesn't cut the punishment short, you'll inform someone at school about being hit at home.

I am going through a similar situation. I would consider talking to the parent that you know would be open to talking to you. And express your feelings about how you would like to better understand your punishment so you can better understand and fix what you did wrong.

Tell them that 80 is an above average grade, and tell them that there are people out there getting C's because they're struggling.