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ShazzieB

(15,952 posts)
18. My parents were both spankers.
Mon May 3, 2021, 03:13 AM
May 2021

They didn't really "decide" to use corporal punishment; it never occurred to them not to. To them, that was just what parents did, including their own parents and the vast majority of other people they knew.

Fortunately, my sister and I both survived without major damage. Unfortunately for my niece and nephews, my sister and bil became religious fundies, and they bought into that "spare the rod and spoil the child" garbage.(Yeah, I don't get it, either.) DH and I never spanked our daughter. She grew up to be a well-behaved, upstanding citizen, as did 2 of my sister's kinds. The other two of my sister's kids have both had varying amounts of trouble with law. So much for the "magic" of spanking!

Post removed Post removed May 2021 #1
And you make posts like that. NoRethugFriends May 2021 #2
and? Shellback Squid May 2021 #4
The cycle of violence Karma13612 May 2021 #10
it is a part of yours as it is mine Shellback Squid May 2021 #11
Should not be part of anyone's. NoRethugFriends May 2021 #12
+1000. eom Karma13612 May 2021 #20
I too agree 100%. Duppers May 2021 #23
Never Karma13612 May 2021 #6
instances are required for analysis, my stepfather punched me in the face and I would eat Shellback Squid May 2021 #9
What? smirkymonkey May 2021 #13
Wrong. It is the lazy way. Fear does not create a foundation or is effective. It is a failure. LizBeth May 2021 #14
They were gonna paddle me in middle school I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #3
I went to a school up north for 3rd and 4th grade where the principal had a "paddle room" Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #15
Child abuse must never be normalized I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #24
My wife is 5'4". 120 lbs wet. You hit her kid like that in front of her and you'd have hell to pay. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #5
Yup! Agree. Karma13612 May 2021 #7
'...and youd have hell to pay.' AGREED. Volaris May 2021 #17
Fuck that principal! Beakybird May 2021 #8
I could never ever just stand by and record anyone secondwind May 2021 #16
Nope, and what kind of damage does that do Luciferous May 2021 #22
My parents were both spankers. ShazzieB May 2021 #18
wtf Demovictory9 May 2021 #19
If I was that mom I would've grabbed Luciferous May 2021 #21
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