I think as a parent if you make a threat then you need to carry through. The trick is to think very carefully before you make the threat.
My eldest got hold of a pair of scissors and cut her hair. I fixed up her botched hair cut as best I could. She did it again. and again. Then she cut all the hair off barbie. I was so scared that she would attack her little sisters hair so I made the threat…. “If you cut your hair or anyone elses ever again then I will shave all your hair off”…. I prayed so hard that she wouldnt call my bluff because i would have done it. Thankfully she knew that I had never made an idle threat and she decided never to do it again.

It’s something that the kids will never forget. If she can live with that ok

Sometimes you have to take a hardline and kids may need something drastic to understand their actions. But honestly, if they’re that young that they still believe in the easter bunny I probably wouldn’t have chosen that punishment. It might have been a warning from the mum that if they kept misbehaving, they would have to ration their eggs and she would give them each one when they had earned it from behaving properly.

I think there is no one size fits all when it comes to raising our children. Each child is different and the standards we have with regards to parenting are individual. I don’t feel that its our right to tell another parent how to parent their children….what works for one may not work for another…
We spend far too much time telling other people how we think they should parent and we should learn to differentiate between what is our business and what is someone elses…….

Mums can be so judgmental. Sounds like she was really fed up. I don’t think bringing Santa or the Easter Bunny into it is all that useful because I think her relationship with her kids and kids with each other is more important rather than bribery.

While I might not do it and most people might not do it they’re her children and ultimately it’s up to her how she disciplines them.

I think she went a bit overboard, perhaps she could have left a small thing for each of them instead.

Poor kids I think it was a bit extreme to treat them like that you can sure discipline them in a different way

So sad for the kids. They must have been heartbroken. Every kid argues with siblings and sometimes misbehaves. Thats a normal part of life. I think it was cruel to punish them like this.

I wouldnt have gone that far and ruin the day for the whole family. But the mum was probably at the end of her tether.

Poor children, I feel so sorry for them reading this. Poor little things, I think this is cruel, kids always look forward to Easter, Christmas & Birthdays taking that away is just mean

Each to they’re own. Not something I would do but you never know someone else’s circumstances and how far she’d been pushed to feel like she needed to do it

Bad behavior definitely shouldn’t be rewarded, however, there may be other ways that perhaps the message can be delivered. Children are children at the end of the day, and its our job as parents to continue to teach them boundaries.

If I was that desperate I would give them one small one each, not as many or as big as usual.

I can’t decide they are her children so may be should go with her decision and children will laugh at this in a few years

Bad behaviour should not be rewarded. I’m wondering whether this method will work though. It seems a bit cruel.

I think it’s fine, especially as she could have been at wits end and treats are not for misbehaving children. Easter is not about chocolate anyway..

I think she went too far. She could have just given them less easter treats this year rather than nothing.

I don’t think she is the only parent to attempt extreme parenting. But if the kids had only been playing up since being on holidays, this may be a bit too far. I hope they still got gifts from other families

maybe she had tried everything else, goodness knows sometimes it feels like it is falling on deaf ears, so maybe it called for drastic measures. Maybe the delivery wasn’t so good, maybe a litter and a few eggs explaining why their bounty wasn’t as big as other years perhaps would have been a softer way to do it.