IzzyBlanche
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I grew up in a time and place in which disciplining kids involved corporal punishment.
The mild version was being held facedown over someone's lap and spanked hard enough to really hurt.
The more severe versions involved being spanked with a belt or a switch (a skinny limb cut from a tree).
Decades later, I can still remember the sound of the belt and the switch swishing through the air on their way to my rear end.
My parents did not know any better. They were simply repeating the same "discipline" that they grew up with. They are really good people and I love them dearly. I talk to them on the phone twice a week, with texts in between.
I guess my point is that I had hoped parenting had come a long way since I was a kid, but in Sebastian's case I suspect it hasn't.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE HIT.
The mild version was being held facedown over someone's lap and spanked hard enough to really hurt.
The more severe versions involved being spanked with a belt or a switch (a skinny limb cut from a tree).
Decades later, I can still remember the sound of the belt and the switch swishing through the air on their way to my rear end.
My parents did not know any better. They were simply repeating the same "discipline" that they grew up with. They are really good people and I love them dearly. I talk to them on the phone twice a week, with texts in between.
I guess my point is that I had hoped parenting had come a long way since I was a kid, but in Sebastian's case I suspect it hasn't.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE HIT.