Did your parents spank you?

[SuperSneak]

DIRECTIONS DISTANCE

1: Start out going North on CAPITOL AVE SE/CAPITOL AVE SW towards MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR SW by turning left. 0.05 miles

2: CAPITOL AVE SE/CAPITOL AVE SW becomes PIEDMONT AVE SE. 0.64 miles

3: Turn RIGHT onto JOHN WESLEY DOBBS AVE NE. 0.25 miles

4: Turn LEFT to take the I-75 N/I-85 N ramp. 0.11 miles

5: Merge onto I-75 N. 212.19 miles

6: Take the I-75 N/I-275 S exit- exit number 3- towards LEXINGTON/KNOXVILLE. 0.21 miles

7: Keep LEFT at the fork in the ramp. 0.56 miles

8: Merge onto I-75 N. 140.65 miles

9: Take the KY-876 exit- exit number 87- towards RICHMOND. 0.24 miles

10: Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp. 0.11 miles

11: Merge onto KY-876 E. 0.86 miles

12: Turn LEFT onto KY-52. 0.98 miles

13: Turn RIGHT onto KY-52/US-25/US-421. 0.14 miles

14: Turn LEFT onto KY-388. 0.04 miles

Total Estimated Time: Total Distance:
6 hours, 7 minutes 357.00 miles

Bring it, squid!

[TCO]

I'm sure you can kick my butt, big hoss. But if you want to have a bout, come on down. I'll step up to the plate.

[TCO]

906 Virginia Circle. 30306

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by SuperSneak
DIRECTIONS DISTANCE

1: Start ....

Bring it, squid!

What kind of c**p is this? You both where obviously hit way too much as kids.

So anyway, will you guys be dueling with guns? You know it's traditional to have a doctor attending these functions, so can I watch?

[Faboba]

Originally posted by SuperSneak
Personally, I don't think it did a thing for me, as I just grew more fearful and became quite the little liar to avoid further punishments.

It's interesting you mentioned long-term effects. I'm curious to know if Dr Strangelove can wear a belt. I know I wouldn't be able to if I was in his position. One person who doesn't cry at films anymore....

[SuperSneak]

Ha ha ha....naw...more likely we'd just have a 'shine drinkin' contest and end up crying in our beers.
My fight or flight instincts lean decidedly to the flight end of the spectrum.
With great power comes great responsibility.

[Giancarlo]

I will take this off-topic a bit... but this was a funny thing Fez said:

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/9451/That_70s_Show13.mp3

Believe me it somewhat has something to do with this thread.... hehe...

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Faboba


It's interesting you mentioned long-term effects. I'm curious to know if Dr Strangelove can wear a belt. I know I wouldn't be able to if I was in his position. One person who doesn't cry at films anymore....

Yep, I sure do wear a belt, 'cause now I've got a kid of my own to use it on, and boy is he a little mischief maker!

[Faboba]

Originally posted by SuperSneak
DIRECTIONS DISTANCE

1: Start out going North on CAPITOL AVE SE/CAPITOL AVE SW towards MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR SW by turning left. 0.05 miles

2: CAPITOL AVE SE/CAPITOL AVE SW becomes PIEDMONT AVE SE. 0.64 miles

3: Turn RIGHT onto JOHN WESLEY DOBBS AVE NE. 0.25 miles

4: Turn LEFT to take the I-75 N/I-85 N ramp. 0.11 miles

5: Merge onto I-75 N. 212.19 miles

6: Take the I-75 N/I-275 S exit- exit number 3- towards LEXINGTON/KNOXVILLE. 0.21 miles

7: Keep LEFT at the fork in the ramp. 0.56 miles

8: Merge onto I-75 N. 140.65 miles

9: Take the KY-876 exit- exit number 87- towards RICHMOND. 0.24 miles

10: Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp. 0.11 miles

11: Merge onto KY-876 E. 0.86 miles

12: Turn LEFT onto KY-52. 0.98 miles

13: Turn RIGHT onto KY-52/US-25/US-421. 0.14 miles

14: Turn LEFT onto KY-388. 0.04 miles

Total Estimated Time: Total Distance:
6 hours, 7 minutes 357.00 miles

Bring it, squid!

Is this what crack does to people?

[Faboba]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove


Yep, I sure do wear a belt, 'cause now I've got a kid of my own to use it on, and boy is he a little mischief maker!

Ah dear... the circle of "Don't cry you little bastard you deserve this!" continues...

[Alexander's Horse]

My parents didn't hit me very much because I was considered sensitive and intelligent, a child you could reason with

But I did get hit occasionally. Mum did most of the discipline. We had to work hard to get her to hit us but we did our best. We used to drive that poor woman to tears and laugh about it. Children can be very cruel. She'd be in the kitchen crying and we'd be at the dinner table throwing food and laughing at her. It was like being on drugs

My father was a very kind and gentle man but also very athletic and if he hit you, you stayed hit. He only hit us when he was enraged and then he'd really go to town - he'd break the rod or belt on your back and legs. It was terrifying, he couldn't stop. Today it would be called child abuse. Only happened once every year or so and always we really begged for it, drove the man to distraction first.

So I hold no grudge about it and nor do my brothers.

On that score, my brothers were a lot dumber than me and got a lot more beatings. I'd see a situation reaching boiling point and slide out of it. They'd just keep on going. It was almost like they couldn't stop till they'd been hit. I couldn't understand it.

My sisters got hit too but that was strictly Mum's job.

I have wonderful parents and I appreciate them more and more as I get older and realise how hard it is to raise my own. God bless them both.

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by GP
You're kind of a depressing dude. Stop blaming everything on the folks and get on with your life.

I can be far more depressing. I don't blame everything on them. I spread the blame out quite a bit, including onto myself. I did get on with my life. Many of the problems I have with my parents are behind me. Now I get to tackle totally new problems.

[SuperSneak]

Horse....what's the punishment standard in your house?
Is my namesake shaping up to be a troublemaker?
Want to trade kids for a couple of months down the road? Or wives for that matter?

[Flubber]

Never spanked, not once. My parents made a conscious decision not to . . .

Interestingly my parents were much more strict and reasoned in their discipline than most of my friends' parents. The key was that they knew their children very very well and could fashion effective punishments . One of their most effective was to deny me the right to watch my favorite TV show . . . you definitely remembered what you had done wronf as all your friends discussed the latest TV show.

My parents also sent me to my room a lot ( no phone, no TV, no computer . . . just a lot of books). I thought for years that they were suckers for "punishing" me by sending me to read ( something I loved). About 15 years ago MOm told me that they knew all along that I was content to read but they figured that it was a good result.


Basically my parents child-rearing method was based on total and complete consistency between them. NOT ONCE did they show any inconsistency between them ( although I later learned that they disagreed in private on several matters). They just wielded such unquestioned authority . . . probably unquestioned since they took the time to explain things.

It wasn't all harmony in my house. I was made to eat things I did not like (like liver) and my sister was a holy terror from about ages 9-11. I had my own misadventures as well .

[Alexander's Horse]

I have some handfuls of my own thanks.

There are no hard and fast rules.

My mum said just make sure you always follow through on what you say. I think that's very good advice.

I think boys need instant correction. They have too many hormones to wait for punishments. By the time you punish they've forgotten what it was about