A little bit of that medicine today would do wonders.Hard Ass!!!
Some may recall being clouted with a wooden spoon. Mothers favourite choice of punishment weapon.
Just so I wouldn't be hit with those, I took 3 of them out to the shed and put a slice on the underside near the head with a hacksaw blade.
She broke many a wooden spoon on my butt and kept cursing about breaking them all the time.
So I got the nickname Hard Ass.
To this day, she never knew why they kept breaking.
After a while, she then started with the flying slipper, which I managed to duck most of the time.![]()
l used a wooden spoon on their bums but the children kept hiding it.The next tactic was ''wait till your dad gets home !''.Hard Ass!!!
Some may recall being clouted with a wooden spoon. Mothers favourite choice of punishment weapon.
Just so I wouldn't be hit with those, I took 3 of them out to the shed and put a slice on the underside near the head with a hacksaw blade.
She broke many a wooden spoon on my butt and kept cursing about breaking them all the time.
So I got the nickname Hard Ass.
To this day, she never knew why they kept breaking.
After a while, she then started with the flying slipper, which I managed to duck most of the time.![]()
After the whopping's we may have gotten as kids, I for one can honestly say I probably needed it on occasion and in the end no real harm was done. It was all a part of discipline but too many do-gooders would say, "Oh no. You can't lift a hand against a child".l used a wooden spoon on their bums but the children kept hiding it.The next tactic was ''wait till your dad gets home !''.
lf there was a fight between them they both got hit which soon stopped them doing it again but they were pretty good really.
How many children did you have? You don't have to give them a hard wack l think l did more threatening than hitting.After the whopping's we may have gotten as kids, I for one can honestly say I probably needed it on occasion and in the end no real harm was done. It was all a part of discipline but too many do-gooders would say, "Oh no. You can't lift a hand against a child".
From what I have seen over the years, a lot of the do-gooders have had more troublesome children than those that gave a spanking now and again. Discipline in moderation is the key.
I never had to raise a hand on my kids. I had them bluffed. After all, as an adult, you have a lot more knowledge and wisdom than any child.