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Originally Posted by bchgirl My father was neither German nor in the military, but trust me....you did not want the wrath of George. When I think about it now, I'm not even sure WHY my brothers and I were afraid of him. We got spankings, yes, but they weren't beatings. Spankings ended for us around age 10ish or so, then you got restriction....I can remember asking for a spanking so the whole deal would just be over with....instead of two weeks  Not go to school??? Ya gotta be kiddin', in our house, bringing home a poor progress report or anything that said you misbehaved in school was akin to a death sentence 
I think the biggest difference between our generation (I'm 45) and today's kids....the schools are quick to teach the children what you CAN and CAN NOT do as far as discipline. No one is "allowed" to touch you, not the teachers, not the prinicpal, not your parents. So some kids take the attitude of..."what'd ya gonna do about it"..... |
LOL the wrath of George!!! All my mother had to do was
say she was telling my father to put the fear in us!!
And it wasn't the teacher I was worried about, either!!
I'm a year older than you, and it sounds like our parents went to the same parenting class! Not such a bad thing, huh?