One time I was down at the lake swimming and forgot my snorkel up at the house. I went up to get it and for some reason I was lipping off to mom. She grabbed the snorkel quick and whacked me across my hamstring.....hard. I told her I was calling her in for child abuse, she told me she was going to call me in for mother abuse.....I shut up. We get a good laugh out of it at least twice a year now.
Hooker, I did that to my mother at age 7 or 8 as she broke a wooden broom over my rear end. The next thing I know I felt like I was getting hit by a large Russian ghetto mob. LOL
or how bout when they tried to talk to you while they were spanking??? it was always interrupted speech by swings! long........ as you........... black....... you aint .......... gonna dis..............respect...........me! or how.......... many ........... times...........have i ..........told you...............
I don't think I ever got spanked. My mom would just slap me upside the head if I acted up. Dad literally kicked me square in the ass for stomping ketchup packets that i threw on the floor.....at mickeyD's at lunch time. Man that hurt!! No one said a word, either. They all knew I needed it, hell.....I knew I needed it :D.
See this scar? [points at shoulder] That was done with a cornfork. Moral: Don't mouth of to mom if she has sharp objects at hand.. Points taken, literally. :D
Oh....what about when you were told to go out a pick your own switch? Of course, I picked the limpiest thing I could find but that didn't meet their "standards." Vito....I've tried the multiple underwear/shorts thing too. Books, magazines, etc...not too smart but seemed like it at the time. :D
No switches in my house. It was either my dad's black leather belt or the worst thing ever, his hands.
For us it was the belt by Dad and Mom used the belt and/or wooden spoon, hand, broomstick, dog ... whatever was closest :D
If the little "angel" earns it, HE gets it, who's the parent??? Other outlook could be to just buy them a Wii and turn your shoulder!!!
I guess I should mention I was a beatin child, just deserved though... Yes many an Avon brushes, wooden spoons and yard sticks have been casted AND broken across my white*ss. All I have to recomend is one key fact! Never, mind you, NEVER place a dinner plate in you pants when you know your parent is going to whip your ass with their bare hand - THAT'S A NO-NO
BTW, I knew that was your vote, Bruce ..... you are a perfect example of someone who sees things different than someone (me ), yet your always a gentleman ... even tho you are wrong :D We dont see eye to eye on alot of things, yet you are one of my favorite guys on the site ...
Well, I looked up the definition of violence .... and it fits .:D... so you dont, but I do ... rare as it may be .. and it is rare in my house ...
I am for it, (for some children). I have tried it with my boy, at age 3. Light spanking. And all it has done is make him hit more. He just seems naturally aggressive. It works when I do it. But my wife, it does not. I have no idea why. After a spanking, he will cry and then come behind her and hit her. Then he goes later and hits stuffed animals, and yes at them "no". Then he goes to the dogs and hits them and yells, "no". think for now, we are going to stick with "the corner".
I never require my friends to think like me but I do expect mutual respect for our point of views. When you respect someone else's point of view you leave yourself open to learning something new...........like how to correct your children without violence LOL :D.
