Out behind the woodshed


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I was talkin to a buddy of mine who was complainin to me about some discipline problems he's havin with his boys (9 and 7). Some of what he described to me sounded a little bit like "boys will be boys" stuff, in other words no big deal. But most of it sounded like the kind of stuff that could be cured with a trip out to the woodshed and a wide leather belt. Don't get me wrong...that's not my first line of defense with mine either. I try all other options first but if the message aint gettin across I won't hesitate to get the belt. Maybe it's old fashioned but if I remember correctly it seemed to work just fine when I was growin up. What do yall think?

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that type of discipline will make you straighten up quickly. I recieved a few wood shed moments in my day and I probably deserved every priceless moment with the old man....LOL. now that I have kids of my own it breaks my heart to have to do it but when nothing else seems to work then i guess its time to pull out the very last option. OH NO NOT THE WOOD SHED.

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Growing up in the suburbs we never had a woodshed but I still got my fair share of whoopings but only when deserved. I know they straightened me up when I needed discipline.

I remember one time when my mother was using a wooden spoon on my backside and she hit me so hard it snapped in half. I started laughing which only made her even more mad. She only used the spoon so I just ran off with only the one hit laughing at her with my brother. That happened about 20 years ago and to this day I still bring it up to her. She claims it never happened but my older brother was a witness.

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The most feared words of my youth were "Son, go to the peach orchard and cut a switch." :surrender:

And woe be unto me if I did not come back with a specimen suitable for the application at hand. I think the psychological impact of having to go out and select the instrument of my own punishment was at least, if not more, effective than the punishment itself.

In my opinion, love and discipline need to be administered in equal doses. Neither by itself will produce the same results.

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Just like Russel Peter's (stand-up comic) father says, "Somebody gon'na get a beatin"!

And when the child uses the threat of calling Child Care Social Services, Russel Peter's dad says, "Yes maybe I'm gon'na get in trouble with the authorities, but it's gon'na take them 20 minutes to get here, and in the mean time.....SOMEBODY GON"NA GET A BEATIN"!

TBow

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Just like Russel Peter's (stand-up comic) father says, "Somebody gon'na get a beatin"!

And when the child uses the threat of calling Child Care Social Services, Russel Peter's dad says, "Yes maybe I'm gon'na get in trouble with the authorities, but it's gon'na take them 20 minutes to get here, and in the mean time.....SOMEBODY GON"NA GET A BEATIN"!

TBow

Bill Cosby did a similar skit "The beatings will now begin..."

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Yup the spankings and slaps were frequent in my household also growing up. Never saw most of them coming either....TWAP!

Mom was quite accurate with that slipper across the house:D. I have some broken wood spoon stories too.

I learned to fear first and then love/ respect came from that fear.

My boys got their fair share of slaps on their butts.

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