Dad cancels daughter’s 16th birthday party due to her ‘disgraceful’ behaviour

Cancelling a birthday party is a way to punish children for their bad behaviour but on the parenting forum Mumsnet, a woman asked whether that is an appropriate discipline or too harsh of a punishment.

The mum explained that she recently cancelled her son’s 6th birthday party due to his “disgraceful behaviour” both at home and at school.

She said: “I think I have done the right thing, but I feel truly awful. I have had his teacher talk to me four times already this term, twice this week, about his attitude.

“When he is corrected for misbehaving, he is rude and disrespectful to his teachers. He has told them he doesn’t care if he is in trouble and he is so defiant.”