I was raised the same way. My sister and I said my Mom was the 'meanest mother in three counties'. Of course in reality she was never mean at all. She raised us without a father figure much of the time and was very strict while we were young. Her theory was if we didn't have her rules figured out by the time we were in HS we never would, so by about our mid teens things relaxed a bit. Looking back on it, we deserved spankings far more often than we received them, and what I took to be harsh oversight was a woman working hard to keep her daughters safe while teaching us about choices and consequences.
If the bill in MA passes I suspect in a few years all hell will break loose out there. Can you imagine a whole generation of kids who can legitimately threaten their parents with jail time if they are spanked?
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Date: 2007-11-28 05:38 pm (UTC)Looking back on it, we deserved spankings far more often than we received them, and what I took to be harsh oversight was a woman working hard to keep her daughters safe while teaching us about choices and consequences.
If the bill in MA passes I suspect in a few years all hell will break loose out there. Can you imagine a whole generation of kids who can legitimately threaten their parents with jail time if they are spanked?