How were you disciplined as a child?

[Thequeerone]

wooden spoon .. except mum broke that many we used to laugh and she'd laugh as well!!

when my mom broke it she cried and we tried not to laugh

and we had the same nuns as NJLarry - except when I was 9 they said that the nuns couldn't hit us anymore - 5 nuns left the school !

[WF2006]

you reckon??? haha

Nice to meet you yesterday dude!!

Good to meet some of you guys also. Never been to such an event (Public Training) for any sporting team. Guys seemed to be very open and friendly (and built - never felt small in my [adult] life [I'm 6'5" and "solid"] until yesterday. Bam-bam scared me for a kid half my age!)

Yeah, as a father of 3, I'm for the odd smack to the but or back of the legs when warranted and as a last resort and after a warning, though I do note that amongst other parents with kids of the same age, I seem to be in a waning minority. I do however agree that a "smack" should be just that, not to the head and not enough to mark or cause pain beyond an initial sting. I use it mainly for shock value if the "terrible-two" y.o. can't be coaxed out of a tantrum!

My parent used to go the smack. My mum (all three boys were taller than her by about 13) used to grab our ears and give them a tug to put us back in our place!

[RugbyFan]

I used to get the wooden spoon by mum, they snapped many times ending in laughter (then she would proceed with her shoe), my dad used to smack me with his hand, one of my grandfathers used his belt, another used his razor strop (big leather strap that sharpens razor's).

I turned out goodly with a nice hard backside
haha

[AlcoholicStalker]

My mums ex-fiance liked to lecture us until about 4 in the morning even on school nights and there was the one time that he made us scrub the kitchen floor with metho until about 5 in the morning after my brother shook a gold paint pen with the lid off... And he also favoured the bamboo sticks mum used to hold new plants up with. He never layed a hand on either of us again after my brother threw him against the wall though. I cant imagine there is many other people in this world stupid enough to mess with someone that is 6'10' and built like a fridge.

[Flamethrower]

A stockwhip coiled in half was pretty cool. If they got it right it wrapped around one cheek and left a big red loop on your butt.
I think a cattle prodder is better these days as you don't have to use as much energy with all that swinging of arms

I found that checking out cheerleaders always made me feel better

[Darren]

Go the Big Bro!

When I was in grade three, there was a while there where I used to get a whack in the morning for what I was going to do during the day... I turned out OK eventually

[Burgs]

Wouldn't that sort of come over as, "OK you have permission to do one whacks worth of naughty today" though Coach?

A few hours in the stocks always worked a treat too.
Although I would have preffered they threw tomatoes than water melons

[WF2006]

Thought you said you preferred being tied to a rack with 2 Clydesdales................ [musta been sore!]

[frontrow]

I think any form of disciplined bondage was ok for Burgs, judging from his previous posts...

[The InnFORCEr]

The wooden spoon was a favourite until Dad made a mini cricket shaped bat out of plywood for Mum to stirt the clothes washing with which very soon became Mums weapon of choice. In fact whilst we were at lunch on The InnFORCEers Tour at George IV my mother actualy mentioned it!!

I'm not a parent a don't intend on being one, but I do believe that the odd back hander should be an acceptable form of parental guidance.

Also had my fiar share of cainings at Campbelltown High, normally for skipping class to go for ciggy.

[Happy]

Cantown

[The InnFORCEr]

there's no T in Mino Happy, your right!

[JediKnight]

Back of Dad's hand was Mum's punishment of choice!!! Of course I didn't experience it anywhere near as much as Em......what a bad girl she was!!!!

[frontrow]

when my mom broke it she cried and we tried not to laugh

and we had the same nuns as NJLarry - except when I was 9 they said that the nuns couldn't hit us anymore - 5 nuns left the school !

Did your mum cry 'cause she broke her favourite wooden spoon, or because it was painful to discipline you so much???

And we had christian brothers at our school with a penchant for punishment by almost any means available, normally a Leather strap approx 2inches thick and a foot long across the open palm,(Standard treatment), but occasionaly they would use the closest thing available, like one time in woodwork i talked out of turn and suddenly a piece of four by two crashed down on the back of my hand, bloody painful as almost broke my wrist, but he wasn't satisfied and still gave me two more whacks with the same piece of timber across the palm as well, bastard...

[Flamethrower]

A few hours in the stocks always worked a treat too.
Although I would have preffered they threw tomatoes than water melons

Didn't you know that you have to match the fruit or veg to the size of the head you are throwing at