Hangers worked on occasion. Or my father’s belt. Now I can laugh about it, sooooo that means they were good for me. And even the ocassional hand. Oh, and I didn’t even need therapy when I grew up.
“children should be seen and not heard?” Ha! Whoever thought that one up was crazy. My mouth got my fanny whipped so many times I can’t remember. It WAS child abuse. My mother should be in prison for life, but I think it is probably too late now. Everybody thinks she is this sweet little old lady. Ha!
When I was a kid it was my dads belt or a razor strap and the “children should be seen and not heard” thing. In my house I had a wooden spoon. My son would warn his friends, “if she picks up the wooden spoon RUN”. But I never had to hit the kids with it, just smack it on the counter real hard, The sound alone made them hop to.
eh I’m not against spanking a (young) kid if they need it but I do believe some parents, my mother included, take it too far. I remember having welts bleeding through my clothes and I wasn’t a bad kid either! My mother just used to get really really mad & take it out on us. Like it was our fault she’d run away from home at 15 to be with a man twice her age and ended up with 5 kids before she was 23!
kreole over 13 years ago
It’s always the wooden spoon………..
Woody157 over 13 years ago
In my house it was the Mason jar at the end of the kitchen counter that I had to keep full of water so the switches would not dry out and get brittle.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
Well if the switches ever dried out, a belt was a good substitude.
peter0423 over 13 years ago
An old-fashioned alternative: a hairbrush. (They were made of wood, quite sturdy, and flat on the non-bristle side.)
kc7vpj over 13 years ago
My mother told me" you may be biger than me be I can still kick the h… out your shins" just the thought of it hurt.
I'll fly away over 13 years ago
Hangers worked on occasion. Or my father’s belt. Now I can laugh about it, sooooo that means they were good for me. And even the ocassional hand. Oh, and I didn’t even need therapy when I grew up.
Elaine Rosco Premium Member over 13 years ago
OMG! By todays standard…all our parents would be in jail for child abuse…LOL
LuvThemPluggers over 13 years ago
“children should be seen and not heard?” Ha! Whoever thought that one up was crazy. My mouth got my fanny whipped so many times I can’t remember. It WAS child abuse. My mother should be in prison for life, but I think it is probably too late now. Everybody thinks she is this sweet little old lady. Ha!
Redhead55 over 13 years ago
When I was a kid it was my dads belt or a razor strap and the “children should be seen and not heard” thing. In my house I had a wooden spoon. My son would warn his friends, “if she picks up the wooden spoon RUN”. But I never had to hit the kids with it, just smack it on the counter real hard, The sound alone made them hop to.
cheetahqueen over 13 years ago
Arthur! Spoooooooon!
Frankie5466 over 2 years ago
eh I’m not against spanking a (young) kid if they need it but I do believe some parents, my mother included, take it too far. I remember having welts bleeding through my clothes and I wasn’t a bad kid either! My mother just used to get really really mad & take it out on us. Like it was our fault she’d run away from home at 15 to be with a man twice her age and ended up with 5 kids before she was 23!