Did you used to get spankings when you were a child?
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Growing up during the 70's and 80's, I not only recieved spankings from my parents but from teachers and adults as well.
My parents used a belt for a short time with me, then it evolved to the wooden spoon as my sister grew older. Spankings were usually given when one of us did something wrong such as lying, hitting a sibling, defying my parents, breaking lamps or tools, and so on. Typical kid stuff. Grounding was worse for me, since I had so much energy and wanted to go out and play or be with my friends building forts, soapbox cars, or WW II models.
Teachers would use a wooden paddle. Some of them had names, some had holes to improve the "aerodyanmics", or some were taped for an extra sting. These were given for cheating, talking out of turn, being a smart mouth, playing bloody knuckles with the old, large Goody combs, spitwads, and I even had a teacher would paddled you for laughing outloud in class.
After awhile, some kids (including myself) would ask to use the restroom before the paddling happened. So as you were in the stall "going potty", stuff half a roll of TP in your underwear and go back for the paddling.
Adults who were not my teachers or parents, would either smack my head with an open hand, pop my nose with a jab, or get very aggressive in my face if I were to ever smart off to them in public. For those of you who are over 30, having tweens and teens smart off to you or try to boss you, can have a grating affect with their audacity, can understand this.
However, now that the liberal whiners have come into play, they call this abuse. Thanks to these people who made spanking a form of physical abuse, parents and teachers are forced to use words to express their discontent with their children's behaviour.
Kids simply will walk all over a parent, teacher, or adult because the kids just don't care. Yelling is yelling. Give them the fear of God that you are going to spank them so hard they'll feel it last week and they really think twice about their action (unless the kid(s) are just incredibly stupid.
However, any adult punching, kicking, or clobbering a kid as an adult is being physically abusive.
I'm not surprised. Yes I did, then I learned how to behave.
I got them all the time with an extension cord. OUCH!
i never did...but got yelled at all the time for no reason.i grew up with 2 bros. but u can tell the difference between them and me they should of gotten there assses beat everyday...they are 24 and 17 still live with mom..and boss her around how pathetic
All the time nothing wrong with it. I turned out to be a good person.
Even if you forget what it was that you did you know never to do it again. Especially if it was in public. Nothing was like the spanking in public...why would they consider banning it, what's wrong with this country.
YES I did, and I THANK my parents for doing it. it taught me to do right, respect (not fear) my parents, and respect others. one day when I have kids they will be spanked as needed too.
I was spanked once, my mom never did it again, she didn;t like the feeling of hitting her daughter, and believe me its not because I straightened up. I also turned out to be a good person, sans spanking.
Oh yes, and age didn't matter either. I remember the razor strap very well.
yeah the left bruises. i always hated it because sitting down.using the bathroom hurt. they always seemed a rather ineffictive foolish form of punishment to me. but watever.
yes i did get spankings as a child. and yes at the time i didnt like my parents for doing it. but looking back i just c that was their way of getting thru my thick skull. i think that to a point its still a good thing. like mostly everything else theres a very thin line to cross before it goes bad.
hang in there all will work out in the end i promise
I use to get them all the time.
Well you deserved it
Heck yes!! I was the daughter from hell! How my mother put up with me I don't know. I broke my older brothers head open twice in one day with a brick!! I ran, she waited, I came back, big mistake!! Diagnosed years later with adhd.
Absolutely. Not all the time, maybe 4 times in my life. It really made me respect my parents and put me in my place. Each time I got it I deserved it, and each time I got it I learned my lesson.
yes ...i am from africa
Yup, and after the first couple times it only took the threat of getting one or the count to 3 that would make me behave cuz i knew i didnt want a spanking! My children will get the same thing!
Every Wednesday at 3 pm, whether or not it was deserved. Line em up, bend em over, spank em, NEXT!
no because i was i and still am a good child. but i did get into trouble but my parents did not spank me.
Oh yeah my mom didnt play! Now im the same way i have a very low tolerance for disrespect from my child. My husband said the other day that my son is scared of me because he knows if he doesnt something wrong its his bottom.
Yes we did. I have 3 brothers and we all got it when we needed it. My mother use to say that is why god padded the rear end. We were not handed everything that we wanted either. We had to work for what we got. You learn to appreciate thing more.
Yeah but not all that often. But then again I was fairly well-behaved and respectful and all ... I was more likely to get a lecture, or get something taken away (no TV or video games for a week or month or whatever).
My parents were, for the most part, very nice. I was more likely to try to do the right thing because I loved them, not because I was afraid of getting spanked. But even good kids mess up sometimes and (within reason) it's up to their parents how to deal with it.
YES I did and my parents were right for it and I learned to behave some kids need a spanking to learn talking doesn't always work but spanking will give them something to think about
Yes, I got spankings. It seems like the spankings were more of a way for my father to relieve his anger than a way to discipline me. He delighted in folding his belt in half and snapping it to frighten me.
Now I have to work very, very hard to not just smack my child when I'm angry with him. It's hard. However, he seems to respond better to discipline when it isn't physical or violent. It's also the case that I shouldn't be taking out my anger on a child.
I did, I got a spanking foreverthing.
I was spanked as a child I only remember one of them-the time I didnt do what my Aunt thought I did. She raised me and did not spare the rod (but she never used a rod just her hand).
Yes, I did. Not alot, but I did when I deserved it.
yea i did. especially with a pizza paddle. i just wished my mom would of raised me and my sister alot better especially my sister but atleast i have common sense and know not to do wrong.
yes, but I got a lot worse than I should have that is for certain.
Yes I did and I learned how to fear and resent my father and later on how not to have any respect for him as well. It doesn't take much intelligence to hit a child Apes hit their offspring all the time. I never resorted to physical violence with my own daughter and she grew up being better behaved than I was and consequently grew up respecting me rather than fearing and rensenting me. Case in point. I left home before my 17th birthday...she is now my "room mate" and she is 21.
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