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Another thread got me thinking about this question. Were you spanked, grounded, given a "time-out" or something else when you misbehaved as a kid?
When I was really young perhaps between the ages of 4 or 5 I usually had to go stand in the corner if I was bad. Now what my Mom considered bad was talking back to her or getting into fights with my older brother... common kid stuff.
If I misbehaved like running around in a supermarket she would simply say if I didn't behave she would pull my pants down in public and spank me. After the first couple of times she did this... there were never any issues in public stores. Now understand that these practices were acceptable when I was kid. In fact other mothers would cheer her on and say to their own kids "see what happens if you misbehave!" My mother's favorite line if I was crying was "here let me give you something to cry for!"
As I got a little older - it was always being "grounded" for a week. Couldn't leave the yard. Back then kids didn't usually have things like a phone, TV or Video Game system in their rooms. So spending time in your room was very boring.
We usually got sent out to sit in the car if we acted out in public stores. Again, you could do that kind of thing back then.
In the Pre-Teen to Teenage years Dad took over the discipline while Mom worked. Dad was a Marine Corp Drill Sargeant... so he had a good understanding of discipline and always seemed to have lots of paint on hand. If I got into trouble good old Dad always found something that needed painting: the house, deck or just rocks around the yard. If nothing needed painting he would simply pull up a lounge chair and hand you a rake and watch you work. We lived on 5 acres of land with lots of trees... so there was always something to be raked. And this wasn't a simple work for an hour deal. He would keep us busy doing yardwork for a good 8 hour Saturday. Or if it was wintertime, you can bet I'd be out shoveling snow. I should mention that my Saturdays were usually spent at the kid's matinee... so doing yardwork instead of going to the matinee was very effective.
During the driving period age - taking away the use of the car always worked as punishment. Nothing like being homebound with nothing to do and you can't really go anywhere.
I don't think my parents ever hit any of us kids aside from those few spanks on the butt. Ah good times!
When I was really young perhaps between the ages of 4 or 5 I usually had to go stand in the corner if I was bad. Now what my Mom considered bad was talking back to her or getting into fights with my older brother... common kid stuff.
If I misbehaved like running around in a supermarket she would simply say if I didn't behave she would pull my pants down in public and spank me. After the first couple of times she did this... there were never any issues in public stores. Now understand that these practices were acceptable when I was kid. In fact other mothers would cheer her on and say to their own kids "see what happens if you misbehave!" My mother's favorite line if I was crying was "here let me give you something to cry for!"
As I got a little older - it was always being "grounded" for a week. Couldn't leave the yard. Back then kids didn't usually have things like a phone, TV or Video Game system in their rooms. So spending time in your room was very boring.
We usually got sent out to sit in the car if we acted out in public stores. Again, you could do that kind of thing back then.
In the Pre-Teen to Teenage years Dad took over the discipline while Mom worked. Dad was a Marine Corp Drill Sargeant... so he had a good understanding of discipline and always seemed to have lots of paint on hand. If I got into trouble good old Dad always found something that needed painting: the house, deck or just rocks around the yard. If nothing needed painting he would simply pull up a lounge chair and hand you a rake and watch you work. We lived on 5 acres of land with lots of trees... so there was always something to be raked. And this wasn't a simple work for an hour deal. He would keep us busy doing yardwork for a good 8 hour Saturday. Or if it was wintertime, you can bet I'd be out shoveling snow. I should mention that my Saturdays were usually spent at the kid's matinee... so doing yardwork instead of going to the matinee was very effective.
During the driving period age - taking away the use of the car always worked as punishment. Nothing like being homebound with nothing to do and you can't really go anywhere.
I don't think my parents ever hit any of us kids aside from those few spanks on the butt. Ah good times!
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