Gone are the days of the wooden spoon, sitting in the corner, or a slap on the wrist to discipline kids.

These days parents have different ways to rule the roost; whether it’s confiscating an i-pad or in this case threatening their vacationing kids with going back to the classroom… we just wonder which is more effective.

Dubai resident Arthur Timlin overheard the following at pool in Dubai…how times have changed

#OverheardInDubai British father to son who was misbehaving in the swimming pool ‘If you don’t stop misbehaving then I’ll send you back home in economy class’ Things have moved on from the wooden spoon of old… ????

— Arthur (@Kingofardagh) March 6, 2018

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