tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7126239490246300964..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: My mom would have boxed my ears insteadPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-79076286634983142832016-09-29T18:35:01.130-05:002016-09-29T18:35:01.130-05:00I think I was about ten years old before I found o...I think I was about ten years old before I found out a "fly-swatter" was for killing flys.<br /><br />My mom never sent me for a hickory switch because we lived in the city. But the words: "Go get my fly-swatter!" was the harbinger of doom.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108430731483801350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-16158482162070962952016-09-29T09:18:16.455-05:002016-09-29T09:18:16.455-05:00Cure for Teenage disobedience = destruction of exp...Cure for Teenage disobedience = destruction of expensive property? She couldn't just lock it up for a few weeks? I have seen this before. This is a punishment on the Dad who will have to pay for buying a new phone.genericviewshttp://genericviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10836526150054838882016-09-28T20:36:14.824-05:002016-09-28T20:36:14.824-05:00Peter, ours are now grown & on their own (one ...Peter, ours are now grown & on their own (one a young U.S. Marine, & he appears to be becoming a fine young man). As little as 10 years ago, we used "robust" methods, & they worked. The grandkids have been made aware that corporal punishment isn't the default, but it is an option if other methods fail.<br />Now, in the situation described, I'd have been slapped silly. I was only struck so once or twice (and deservedly), but his would be an instance for it.<br />--Tennessee Budd<br />By the way, I'm 51, so this isn't one of those back-during-the-Depression accounts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32649448680180009972016-09-28T18:12:19.513-05:002016-09-28T18:12:19.513-05:00My maternal grandmother grandmother who babysat us...My maternal grandmother grandmother who babysat us frequently was fond of the go down the creek and get a willow switch method. Me being rather stubborn and fond of mischief heard that a few times. Mom liked the wooden spoon and dad preferred his belt. The only one I didn't get from much was dad. Hillbillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7517978939878455722016-09-28T16:06:52.519-05:002016-09-28T16:06:52.519-05:00I still remember my last "lashing". I wa...I still remember my last "lashing". I was laying on the living room floor watching the TV and Gran calls out a request as to the status of the door locks. Replies my 13 year old self, in a disrespectful tone, "I don't know." <br /><br />Next thing I knew Mom is standing over me with the belt, telling me in no uncertain terms to "Get off my lazy duff and go check the door and then go apologize to Gran!" Punctuating each word with a stroke of the belt. <br /><br />I knew I deserved what I got and haven't forgotten it to this day.Flugelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00158548139451148587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8490935835582703642016-09-28T15:52:45.766-05:002016-09-28T15:52:45.766-05:00Hey Peter;
I makes jokes about me being a &quo...Hey Peter;<br /><br /> I makes jokes about me being a "wooden spoon survivor", but it was no laughing matter...those things HURTMrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-60347944198509084372016-09-28T14:13:21.823-05:002016-09-28T14:13:21.823-05:00My mother won't have written a note at all; no...My mother won't have written a note at all; nor would she have taken me to school. I would have had to walked the five miles because I missed the bus. You screwed-up; you deal with the consequences. As for ignoring my mother when she was talking to me? Hell hath no fury!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.com