Chores, grounding.... Those were preliminary to me escalating the situation. Or my little sister escalating the situation by blaming me for something she did...
Mouthful of soap for mouthing off and sometimes a slap.
My mom was more the reactionary one. I remember the last time she tried to whoop me and I stopped her. She came at me with one of those wooden clogs from the 70s. I stopped her hand in mid whack by grabbing her wrist and sternly told her...
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Wooden spoons and those paddle ball (on the rubber band) or ping pong paddle. Everytime we lost the ball to one of those paddle ball with the rubber band, mom would save it in a special drawer. Yard stick comes to mind as well.
Grandma used to make me go fetch my own orange tree...
I hear ya Jay. I was beat a few times myself. I do believe there still needs to be some discipline when raising children. I have helped raise kids that you never even have to lift a hand to. Just a verbal warning.. behavior was modified. Then, sometime you have to spank. When all other avenues...
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