What do you call disciplining children by preventing them from accessing a certain toy?

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What do you call disciplining children by preventing them from accessing a certain toy? I thought about "grounding children" but it means preventing them from going outdoors.  This is not what I mean because they can go outdoors but they can't use their RC car.

James M · Answer

"Taking away" toys or privileges seems to be the most common phrase to express this (as in this example or this one). See the following examples from these sources:

"Taking away toys"
"take away a fun event"
"take away their school-issued Chromebook"

What do you call disciplining children by preventing them from accessing a certain toy?

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