The conversation in the media yesterday about banning smacking got me thinking about how I was punished when growing up. I was a child of the 70?s/80?s, so things were quite different back then. I remember that dad use to work long hours, so mum was the one left to keep discipline at home. She had me and my two brothers to control, and I don?t think that we were ever the easiest of kids to look after on a daily basis. Mum struggled a bit and her only way was to smack us. She would take her wooden scholl sandal off (this was her house slipper) to wallop us with, it?s what she had close to hand! She also used Dad?s dad?s plimsoll (it seem so big at the time, it could be that we were small), but that was mostly given to my brothers. I never got it out but would get a good hiding when I got home. I was always trying to get them into trouble with mum by telling on them, I feel bad now! I regularly remember my brothers and I having our pants pulled down and slippered, seemed to be a daily occurrence in our house hold. Hard to believe now, but I suppose it was the norm back then and what you also received at school i.e. home from home. Classmates also seemed to get the same at home. How things have changed! We?ve all turned out well so it hasn?t had much effect on us! We never saw it as abuse. I think my Mum and Dad were good parents.
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Smacking at home, how your parents carried it out
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gingerw74 · 23/01/2013 08:56
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