Moms now vs back then

[ColinW]

My gosh..... Some of these testimony's about my brothers abuse is really hard to read. My heart hurt reading it. 10-15 lashings with a belt? 3, maybe 4, is all it *should* take, and not much more. Add another 10+ on top? That's just blatant child abuse, in my world. Particularly with the buckle. I'm very sorry that ever happened to any of you.

 

[W54/XM-388]

My gosh..... Some of these testimony's about my brothers abuse is really hard to read. My heart hurt reading it. 10-15 lashings with a belt? 3, maybe 4, is all it *should* take, and not much more. Add another 10+ on top? That's just blatant child abuse, in my world. Particularly with the buckle. I'm very sorry that ever happened to any of you.

Belt...

That's nothing compared to what some diseased megalomaniac used to beat me with

Try a big huge wooden paddle about the size of an oar.

 

[Ronws]

How about grandmas?

One time, when I was 13, my mother and us two sons were so poor that we lived in government subsidized apartments in Lewisville. My brother and I were attending a mormon church (our grandparents got us into it. Later, I was ordained as an aaronic priest.)

We were visiting our grandmother and step-grandfather. Turns out that weekend was his birthday.

We did not get anything for his birthday. He worked the B shift and would get off work around midnight or so. From 6 pm until 12 midnight, my grandmother proceeded to describe to me the endless sacrifices he makes and how hard he works and what worthless piece of shit I was for not getting him a birthday present. I was not a worm, I was the dirt beneath the worm. I was the shit below the shit below the shit that was one day hoping to be shit.

For 6 hours. At the age of 13 with no job, no money. We did chores at their house because we were told to, not for money.

 

[Nik H]

Abuse and discipline are not the same. My fellow boomers need to get this through their thick skulls.]

^^^^THIS

Corporal punishment should be a last resort and used sparingly so it doesn't lose its effectiveness. By the time my kids (5 of them) reached the first grade, there was no need to hit them anymore. Just give them the look and they stop.

Corporal punishment is necessary. Children need to understand respect and the penalty of being disrespectful to their family.

Abuse is generally a consequence of your hatred of yourself and your life, and the frustration of not being able to get out of it.

 

[RUTGERS95]

on the way to parent teacher conference, 'you better pray to God I'm not embarrassed in there or you won't make back in one piece'

 

[Bart]

I was excited and relieved to be sent to the Marine Military Academy in the 80s...
That shit was easy.

 

[Pillow Gun]

back in the days mom would whoop my ass for acting a fool. ggod times