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I did as well. I come from a German family,My dad, 100% Kraut, had custody of me until I was 12 when the state took me away and sent me to live with my mom and stepdad. Stepdad didn't care for none of us kids, but Mom was VERY old fasioned. I've broken many A wooden spoons in my day The ol' man meant well. He just couldnt control himself when he was drunk and me being the oldest I took the brunt of it. Mind you there is a HUGE difference between discipline and abuse. If you hit a kid like he's an adult, that's abuse(he left some nasty bruises spotted by the gym teacher, I aint no snitch!). If you spank or whip a kid for acting out, that's discipline. Kid's nowa days to me, seem like they haven't had enough whoop'ns! Every time I see a kid throw a fit in a store I wanna kick them in the ass, and their parents for letting that bs happen. Control your dam kids. just sayin.

 

When I was a kid, we walked to school two miles, in the snow, uphill, to get there at 5AM. When we got there, the teachers paddled us, just to get our attention. We had to take a test every morning, and if we didn't pass, we couldn't have any lunch. If we misbehaved, we got smacked on the knuckles with a tire iron. At 5PM, we got out of school and walked home, two miles, in the snow, uphill. Our parents wouldn't feed us supper until we did all our homework and did our chores.

Ah, the good old days.

CD

 

I got in trouble on the school bus one day early in the school year. My Mom spanked me everyday for the rest of that school year to make sure I remembered I was wrong and what the punishment was.

My brother got bad grades one year and my parents left his Christmas presents wrapped up in the living room until the end of the school year to make sure he got inline and passed all his classes.

 

Your parents get an A. Stern but not extreme. Perfect!

 

Yup no closed fists or belts just a good old fashion spanking.

 

How appropriate....

I'll post this right here....:cryin:

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My folks rarely struck me, even then it was a just a swat on the butt, when I was a little kid. They just yelled at me when I was older, which was enough.

The only times I got in trouble at school was for fighting. I was small, but scrappy. I never started a fight, but I finished them. My Dad sent me to boxing lessons when I was six years old and I went twice a week until I was twelve. I never backed down from a bully. Every time I started at a new school I'd get in a fight and then no problems until the next school, where there were kids who didn't know me. The kids who knew me, knew better than to pick on me. We didn't move around when I was a kid, the school district kept shifting the borders for which school I'd attend.
My folks would get called in to talk with school administration and they would make the proper noises to satisfy administration that I would be punished, but I never was.

 

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How old do you have to be to remember when HE was a whippersnapper?

 

This actually explains a lot of your posts. :wink: :biggrin5:

CD

 

I actually got the inspiration form my post from Monty Python -- the philosophers of my generation.

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The one constant throughout history is that the next generation is never as deserving as we were.

CD

 

Walked out of the office the other day, and a gaggle of new hires (Millennials) were milling around in the hall. Just wanted to shout "GET OFF MY LAWN!!!". Not sure where that came from, didn't think I was that old...

 

So true. I have been retired from the Marine Corps for a little over seven years but still work with and around them. I find it amazing the things that are tolerated now compared to when I was coming up through the ranks. I spent the first couple of years as a civilian biting my tongue, the occasional flashback here and there, now I just shake my head in amazement. :frown2:

 

I was diagnosed ADD in college. WSU has a good med school so they used me as a training aid. They asked "How did you get through high and into college?" I told them "You have to meet my dad, fear is a great motivator".

Now millennials that build stuff are "makers". There is a place here in town The Idea Foundry were they go to learn what they missed in shop class taught by DIY people like us. Cool place, I'm going to take their blade making class later in the year. MM's shop is still better but I can't go there and make stuff.