She's a very good girl. A bit immature, but one of her most beautiful qualities is honesty. She doesn't lie and tells me everything. Yesterday she acted without thinking, under peer pressure and ended up going to a mall without telling me. I'd probably never know but she realized this was wrong, told me and apologized, promised this wouldn't happen again. I loved her honesty, was proud, treated her with love, forgave completely, but, thought she needed a small lesson. So, I decided that, for 1 week, she'll spend 1 hour a day in the kitchen doing some chores. Got her a sweet frilly apron (she looked lovely in it) and, for 1 hour a day, instead of swimming or hanging out w/ friends, she'l be in the kitchen wearing her sweet apron lol (even if there isn't much to do there). She didn't like the idea, said it wasn't necessary, but I said Hun, love you, you're a great girl, but need a lesson. She's not resentful, it's a light punishment, but was I right in punishing her? It was out of loveDid I send her the message "Don't tell mom when you do something wrong"? I don't think so, because she's a god girl, the punishment is ligh and sh knows it's out of love.

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