Thread: Do You Want The Strop?

Fwiw, my mom whooped me like candy

Good and plenty!

But I deserved most of them, and today I can look back and appreciate every one... I was a bad kid throughout my preteen and teen years, God bless her for not killing me, lol...

Originally Posted by strategy8

Fwiw, my mom whooped me like candy

Good and plenty!

But I deserved most of them, and today I can look back and appreciate every one... I was a bad kid throughout my preteen and teen years, God bless her for not killing me, lol...

LOL

When I got it, my dad always told me, "this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you"...............
I deserved it too & these days I respect my parents for it!
Kids these days aren't disciplined enough, instead they call the cops on their parents!!!!!!

Originally Posted by engine46

When I got it, my dad always told me, "this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you"...............
I deserved it too & these days I respect my parents for it!
Kids these days aren't disciplined enough, instead they call the cops on their parents!!!!!!

You are not just whistling Dixie with that statement !

I won't advocate for some of the things I had been through but the real problem is the lack of accountability. You see it in small instances all the time. This past weekend I was in a store and I had to either stop moving or move around most of the kids in the store so as not to run them over with my cart. When I was their age my parents never let me get that far from their side. If I did, I was pulled back to them and corrected.....all so that the other store patrons did not have to worry about running me over with their carts. It begs the question, why should strangers be obligated to be more careful with your kids than you are with them? Discipline of children begins with something that simple, "hey, stay close to mom and dad". Because, maybe if you don't get away with running wild in a store, you might not even think to talk back to your parents. If you are held accountable for little things, you don't think to do big things. Too often the decision to do or say anything by parents begins ONLY when they think there is some serious infraction underway. By then, its too late. I also hear some of the most outrageous things come from the mouths of some of these kids. They talk back to their parents and the parents either argue with them or just take it. It shocks me to hear this. Kids that get away with saying anything they choose become mouthy kids. Mouthy kids make for mouthy adults. Its all a lack of accountability.

Nothing that a roll O duct tape and a flagpole can't cure. Either that or military school.

My Dad was a plasterer. Big shoulders arms and hands as you would imagine...When we were growing up all he did was hook his thumb in his belt and say, "Do you need a tuning up to make you fly right Joseph? And the correct answer was "No Sir!". We would only get one lick on your bare butt with the belt, trust me, you never needed another...lol. But this probably only happened a handful of times, as you learned to listen real quick! Dad didn't do it just out of the blue either, you had to really ask for it. Raised my kids the same way only they got bare hand on bare butt, maybe 4 or 5 times between them. They are both real good men.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Nothing that a roll O duct tape and a flagpole can't cure.

Are you speaking from experience?

Originally Posted by engine46

That is no lie. I went to a private school & a nun, the math teacher, had a 3 sided, triangular yardstick.......................talk about hurt!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't blame my parents one bit for the discipline I got. These days, CPS steps in which I totally disagree with.
As for the private school, there were nuns & regular teachers but the principal was a nun & I was sent to her office a few times. She had a paddle & you would get "pops".

Then in high school, one day I ran through a locker room door in the gym, knocking down the janitor on the other side, all right in front of a coach. He was the strictest one too. He had a paddle about 24" x 4" x 1". He told me to grab my ankles & I got ten "pops"! I'll never forget that.

Originally Posted by engine46

He told me to grab my ankles & I got ten "pops"! I'll never forget that.

That's being held accountable. Today the family of that kid would sue the janitor.