GROUNDED

Just the word strikes fear into me.  I really don't know what it means but sometimes not knowing is scarier than knowing.

Thus when Daddy threatened to GROUND me it caused all sorts of anxiety.  I have heard this happens to other kids when they are bad so I know it isn't good.  I had to bite down on my Sauropoda to relieve the anxiety.

I spent the rest of the night appealing to the love of my Mommy.  I figured if I could remind her how much she loved me she would intervene if Daddy tried to actually GROUND me. 

Sometimes to protect yourself you need to play one parent against another.