As parents we have a constant struggle with dealing with bad behavior from our children.  Sometimes it's hard to decide how to deal with it.  When my children were younger, they had been horsing around and broke something for the second or third time.  I had already dealt with this issue two other times, so this time I decided to take away the computer and tv since spanking wasn't doing any good.  Now that I had taken away their entertainment, I had to find something else for them to do.  I tried to think of something fun, creative and educational.  I came up with the idea of choosing a different country each week and making costumes for that country, eating food from there and listening to their music.  I also decorated the kitchen for that particular country.  The kids would go to the library with me to pick out books on the country, we would go to thrift stores to make costumes and make a menu for dinner.  It would take the whole week to come up with decorations, costumes and a menu.  By the end of the week, we would be ready to "put on our production".  We ended up doing 8 countries.  Now my children are grown and to this day, they talk about the year we did the countries!  I'm sure they would not remember what they watched on TV or played on the computer!