Yes, that was what he had today. Just a bowl of rice, plain white rice, no ingredients, no soup, nothing, just plain white rice!
I was trying to put through a point, that everyone (except babies) has a responsibility, even little children like him. My job as a mum is to make sure his welfare, including food, clothing, school, etc are all taken care of, the daddy’s job is to bring in the bacon and spend time bonding with him, and what about his responsibility as a child?
Get his homework done!
I have had enough of teachers complaining to me that his homework are not submitted on time. And the homework load is very manageable. So he really shouldn’t have problem completing them!
Extreme parenting? Well, I prefer doing this than to use the rod. I don’t think the rod will be as effective as this. Kids in Singapore are so well fed, they won’t die having only plain rice 
Well, I hope the point has been put forward. I hope by the end of the year, I will not have this comment,”he needs to submit his work promptly”. Haiz…
PS: It is really terrible to send off my dear boy to school just after a scolding. 
I’m still trying to cook up a day when I stop being a mum for that juz one day, kwim? I often tell them, I wish I can shake off all my responsibilities including taking care of them, but I cant…blah blah blah…I need the planned day to affect them, yet cant be a wkday. Still planning.
Yvonne, I’m more ruthless!
No leh. I find ur “white rice” not ruthless enuf for me…lol…so u r not ruthless
ha ha! i thot yr E had got down to some simple living of his own accord…
my 2 just luuuurv plain rice, esp ky…so it wd be absolutely no hardship to him. he’d be over the moon if he cd have that every day. yes, with no other ingredients…. while kay loves just plain roti. (mil says they’d survive very well in india. lol)
btw, hv u considered e “no work=no play/no tv/no computer/no playground etc=early to bed.” it might be easier to translate as a punishemnet in kids terms… and something they cd instil in themselves later in life… ie when they have projects to do at work, with set deadlines, they shd rather curtail their idle occupations until e work is done… ie rather than curtail their food… just a diff way of looking at it. (tho i can see also how the right type of food could be a major incentive.)
we suggest the ‘dry bread and water’ strategy to ours for fussy eating/lack of appreciation for what mummy has cooked
no snacks and treats either. my ds quickly comes ’round, esp when the no2 is trying her hardest to do e rt thing. 
can u imagine, next year it’ll be P1 and P3… hard to believe!
El, yes, I do what you mentioned. This is a repeated ‘offence’ that started since last year. So all the so called privilege withdrawal is kind of not useful here.
Plus, in this case, I was training him and teaching him on responsibility. To put forth the point that everyone has a responsibility and job to do. He also knows very well that I don’t hot house him, ie, when they come home, they have plenty of chances to play. On a typical school day, he probably only spend 30 to 45 minutes on homework and Chinese revision with me. So I do expect him to do his ‘job’. Esp when the school gives so little homework.
So I wanted to do something fit for the situation.
Yv, for my son, rice only is a torture!!!
(He is a food lover, remember? He live to eat! 
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Del, EJ too. But it’s not harsh enuf to make an impact. Strong willed kids r few times tougher inside out.
hi! glad to see you’re blogging again.
I must also get down to try the ‘white rice’ the next time I needed to make a point with my kids, but I can’t bear to hear my son’s whining (which would be another issue to resolve). Will try…