A mum has sparked a debate after sharing her partner's 'brutal' punishment for their daughter's dangerous behaviour. She explained how their two-year-old daughter kept switching the TV on and off at the plug socket while her dad was watching football. Despite being told to stop, the toddler continued until the father threatened to take her Christmas toys away.
Speaking on Reddit, the mum said: "Our daughter is 27-months-old. She has loved Christmas and has been so great the whole festive period. Her favourite presents so far seem to be a big red car toy and two talking dolls. "Today when I was upstairs she was downstairs with her dad watching the football and she kept switching the socket on and off at the wall (our sockets are apparently a weird shape/old so the socket protectors we bought to prevent the toddler switching them don’t fit). I could hear him telling her no over and over again.
"Finally he told her if she did it again he’d take away her big red car for a week. She did it again and I heard him say ‘right!’ and take her car away which obviously caused crying." But the toddler went straight back to the switches - prompting her father to punish her again by taking her doll away for a week.
"I went down and moved something in front of the switch to prevent her getting at it. I personally think this punishment is silly and will make no sense to her," she added. "A week also seems like a very long time for a 2.25 year old. Taking away her Christmas presents, I don’t know it just seems too much for her age and totally unrelated to the 'crime'.".
