Good parenting

[teapot418]

Japanese missing boy Yamato Tanooka found alive in Hokkaido - BBC News

"If you behave like that, we'll leave you in the woods to get eaten by bears."

Kudos for following through on threats.

This is what happens when you can't give your kids a smack any more.

Still, all's well that ends well.

And he'll still get more pocket money than his sister. Probably.

[FatLazyContractor]

Would MF ?

[SueEllen]

In Japan apparently you are allowed to smack your kids but threats like this are more effective.

Though I guess they can't threaten him with anything anymore as he knows he can survive on his own.....

[MarillionFan]

Would MF ?

I have done the same when my son used to keep running off, albeit in this case walking around the corner and keeping an eye on them as they start to panic.

[BrilloPad]

For the 1970s child, being abandoned by our parents was a rite of passage

<sigh>

[MrMarkyMark]

I wonder how the headlines would have read if one of the bears had got him

[greenlake]

I wonder how the headlines would have read if one of the bears had got him

[FatLazyContractor]

I wonder how the headlines would have read if one of the bears had got him

Bear Grills ?