I've made a more serious post about how Paul and I use technology in our discipline / punishment scenes over on the Punishment Book including our more recent use of the iPhone in conjunction with Apple's MobileMe. This blog entry is about the more fun and kinky iPhone apps I've discovered since Paul gave me one for my birthday this past July --I mention this in case there's any doubt that Paul keeps me very indulged and spoiled. The screening process Apple uses hasn't screened them out, at least not so far as I can tell.
The most obvious of the kink apps is iSpank. No really and for true, it's there in the iTunes store, in both a free and $.99 version (you get more implements for the money). It's fun -- some of the sound effects are better than others. While the paddle is only okay, the belt or strap always makes me start a little even when I'm holding it. One danger of the app, however, is what I think of as the Wii problem -- it encourages the spanker to swing their iPhone around. So make sure you have a tight hold. You then get rated on the strength of your swing. I rarely get more than 5/10, though Paul thinks I don't need swing so much, that it's all in the wrist.
But the kinkiest one I've found is called either iGrounded or UrGrounded. Its makers market it as a "parenting tool" claiming, "Kids need boundaries. This app helps parents set and enforce consequences. -urgrounded games-makes grounding easier for parents and kids." Nothing too kinky there (well, except the idea that punishment's a game) -- but then it goes on to say
WE ARE A GENERATION OF WIMPY PARENTS...and we are creating a generation of kids that are lazy,rude, entitled and who show a lack of respect for RULES.
iGrounded is A QUICK POCKET GUIDE FOR PARENTS When kids break the rules,they need immediate logical consequences.
iGROUNDED INCLUDES:
- UR GROUNDED WHEEL OF CONSEQUENCES GAME..
- THE MYSTERY DOORS CONSEQUENCE GAME!
Parents, YOU enter and edit the consequences in both games.
Guide to:
Parents, YOU enter and edit the consequences.
- LYING
- CURFEW BREAKING
- STEALING
- NOT CHECKING IN
- DRUGS /ALCOHOL
- SEXTING
- DRIVING ISSUES
- ATTITUDE
- POOR GRADES and more...
Keep track of who's grounded in your home. E -mail your child (and yourself) with the consequence as a friendly reminder.
Excuse me? Let's just look at that last sentence. Are we talking about Girl's Boarding School here? I mean, I don't have kids, but do most parents really need to have emailed reminders sent to themselves to remember which child has been grounded and for what? How many teens are living in this "family" anyway? The offenses also look like something out of video (or story) plot -- parent scolding and punishing teen for breaking curfew, or better yet, catching them "sexting." Lovely stuff. The app has scolding prompts to remind parents why lying is bad (seriously).
Keeping with this theme, I do find it odd that "not checking in" appears between "stealing" and "alcohol/drugs."
Which brings me to the Wheel of Consequences. As downloaded, the wheel, which spins with a flick of the finger does not have corporal punishments. Insteadm, they start out with punishments like forced runs, losing game consoles, cleaning the cat box, losing pet (!!!) or having to stay home or in ones room (bliss!), but can be easily edited to fit a more CP turn. The thing is, I can imagine this "spin and be punished" game being used at a Shadow Lane Party a lot more easily than I can by a parents as a means of deciding how to punish a teenager for a drug offense.
One last gem. The maker claims this app is "Recommended by Pediatricians" -- I'm imagining a conversation a bit like this:
DOCTOR: Good Lord Sir / Madam! Your child is clearly an out of control brat who is both lazy and rude! You are a wimpy parent!
PARENT: I know doctor, he/she has no respect for the rules. Maybe it's because I can't figure out what the logical consequences of their misbehavior should be. For that matter, I can't even keep track of whether or not my son/daughter is grounded. Whatever can I do?
DOCTOR: I've no idea. Your situation seems hopeless. Unless... I say, you wouldn't happen to have an iPhone by any chance?
There's nothing I can see that's serious about this app, but it might be a great help for spanking story writers or roleplay enthusiasts. And what could be more fun than that?
