not to mention extension cords, fly swatters and the occasional ping pong paddle. Ahh the memories!
My mom’s paddle of choice was the plastic egg flipper with holes in it. We all ran for cover when we heard the kitchen drawer open. Dad kept a belt hanging on a nail and we all kept a close eye on that belt but I don’t remember ever having it used on me. All Dad had to do was look at it. With five kids all two years apart you have to have some means of control. :-) We didn’t push Dad but Mom was an easy target until the egg flipper came out.
Mom’s favorite threat when I was a kid: “I’m gonna take my shoe off!” LOL!
You left out wooden spoons. I have no problem with a parent disciplining their children but that seemed excessive. As a parent I can honestly say I've never hit my child but that does not mean I never have disciplined him. I find the most effective discipline is denying things that he enjoys, such as time on the playstation, laptop, cellphone, or time with his friends. Those things work wonders.
We had to go and get our own switch from the tree... but I do agree with someone else on the thread. This is not spanking, this is a beating. With that many bruises all over the child’s body, my mom and dad targeted one area only, the behind.
Ping Pong paddles against a bare buttocks is very effective providing the parents understand the limits divinely implied in their authrity.
The use of the “rod” is Scriptural. And sometimes it will indeed cause some blue-ness. Achieving blue-ness is not the goal, but it will happen from-time-to-time.
We use a wooden shoe-horn from a hotel that is 13-1/2 inches long. We saded all edges round and smooth.
We have raised seven children of our own, and have five grandchildren. All of them expect the “rod” for any case willful, determined disobedience.
We use the rod without count of swats. The child will cry, and the strikes continue until the children stops crying. The Scriptures say “spare not for their crying.”
Because we have been, with the Lord’s help, rather consistent in this practice from the very early age of each child, it has never been necessary to take the rod with us to any public place.
Along with corporeal discipline, however, must always come positive training and time spent with the children in a loving, nurturing atmosphere. It MUST be a package deal.
Further, when the “rod” is necessary (after age 7 or 8, it is a rarity in our home), a lot of time is spent with the child afterward, and he/she understands the necessity of it, and understands that teaching them to have an obedient heart to parents is helping them to have an obeidient heart to God.
Perents should not allow the state to define proper discipline-—nowadays it will always be defined by the liberal, anti-Christian element in government.
and a wire coat hanger accross my backside as well. I deserved it too.
Yeh, My mom always used the wire handle of the fly swatter. Belts, tree branches, and the this edge of a yard stick. I was spoken to in a language that I understood.
But none the less, what these children received was way overboard.
4 whacks across the buttocks was the limit from Dad. But mom never used the belt. She always bought us ping pong sets for Christmas, knowing we would smash the balls, and she would keep the paddles! The whacks stung, but and if we squirmed and made her miss...I don't want to talk about it! ;)