Growing up did you ever get the belt? If not what was used on you?
Were you ever spanked with a belt?
Yeah my mother's husband was an asshole racist mofo. He hated me because I wasn't his.
Stuff he hated most? Me doing better than his kids, especially in academics and sports which I thrashed both of them to the ground, I'd be winning 1st o 2nd place medals while the half siblings had it closer to 1st from behind. By the time I was in 6th grade I was in the same class as his elder son despite being 3 yeas younger. I represented the county and state many times in many academic competitions. I was sent to a county supported school while their other kids went to one expensive private Christian school. Let's put it this way the belt, wooden spoon, sticks from tree branches or fishing rods all became instruments for him to take out his frustration.
Any sports team I expressed interest in I was almost always the one selected and I was very well known in school as the one that excelled, always kept quiet preferring to talk less and do more, was very well known to be the one everyone turned to when there was a problem or they needed help. This only perpetuated the ire in the idiot as every time someone praised me in front of him that essentially meant later that day I was going to be beaten. Anything that happened in the house was always my fault.
Finally when I was 13 my grandmother from England visited, she was horrified at the squalor and situation she found me in and she told my mother she was taking me back to England with her. Life changed for the better then as there no longer was any abuse to contend with. He ensured my mother made me go as he thought I wouldn't survive a day in England.
I went on to Oxford University, graduated as an engineer and I have never taken a single cent from them. In contrast their kids struggle, the boy spent 7 years in college and never graduated. These days he barely survives as he can't hold a job without either walking out or being fired, generally makes minimum wage but has over $120k in bad debts. The girl who is 3 years younger than me never bothered with college, the daddy's little girl has 4 kids with 4 different men of 4 different colours, has tried every single drug out there and is forever asking everyone for money. I've long since stopped being in contact with them.
The mother and her husband, the business that made them fairly wealthy failed last year, they had to downsize a lot and go from a Range Rover to some junk American crap car. I no longer talk too them though every now and then I do see the half brother's wife. I had plotted plenty of revenge to get back at them, in the end I didn't need to do anything as they came tumbling down on their own, I did offer to help them out in their business when it was failing but they started demanding for this and that perks, I simply told them I'll take my money elsewhere and that was that.
I thank my now late grandmother for doing what she did though life wasn't always smooth sailing while in England.
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I think if it wasn't the belt. They'd get the jalapeno, they knew I just can't handle anything spicy when I was little.
And now and days, I think people would still get spanked when they're older... only for a different reason... (read the rest of the answers)
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Nope, just a smack on the bum was all I got. It didn't traumatize me or anything, but I don't believe it helped, either. Getting spanked only taught me not to get caught; it didn't teach me right from wrong.
My dad disciplined me by popping me on the bum and my mom used time-outs and would explain why I was being punished/why it was wrong/what do to better next time. Obviously, my mom's method was much more effective.
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No, I wasn't. My parents never spanked me, nor was I ever grounded. I used to be a really quiet child by nature. Every time I did something wrong, my parents explained to me the reason why my behavior was wrong and when I kept doing it, they gave me the silent treatment. Strangely enough, it worked.
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I find I get spanked more now as an adult ;)
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Was never spanked as a kid. Nor was I ever grounded or had things taken away from me. I always respected my parents and never wanted to disappoint them so I didn't do rebellious things or tried to test them. Funny thing is, they never even were that strict looking back. They gave me freedom but I always knew my limits.
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Twice by mom, first was with the dog leash for fighting and spitting on a cousin.
Second was with a leather belt, for taking money from her purse as well as telling a lie about it. -
Yes, I was.
Not very often though, only a couple times. I was generally a pretty good kid, so it wasn't necessary very often. The times I did get it was because of my grades in high school. I was bullied, so I stopped caring about school and my grades dropped dramatically. - 5.6K opinions shared on Other topic.
Oh man, how long do you have? Belts, wooden spoons, spatulas, the bristle side of a hairbrush, a sandal...
I have no problem with any of it either. That's what's wrong with kids today, they don't get disciplined, so of course they act like animals. - 2.8K opinions shared on Other topic.
No, just the threat of one. My dad on rare occasions would take his off, double it & make it snap really loud. That sent me running under my bed in the far corner.
My mother on the other hand was just somewhat verbally abusive. -
It's easier to say what I wasn't spanked with...
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I was a good girl ;) No, my parents never used physical violence or cursed/threatened. However, they loved the endless talk of what my siblings and me had done wrong and made us apologize.
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My dad was - apparently his headteacher had a wooden leg after the war, and would do a weird hobble-run up before he swung xD
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People still spank their kids?
My parents never laid a hand on me. Turned out just fine. -
Sure they tried the belt, kitchen utinsils, etc. All of that just made me more defiant. Total waste of energy on their part.
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No I never got smacked with a belt, but a maple switch was used often.
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No. I got punished by being slapped on the butt by my dads hand. Not hard though. And had to stand in the corner for like half an hour. But never got abused.
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A couple of times, but usually "just wait until your father gets home" was enough to make me behave.
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Yes my dad used the belt and my mom used the wooden spoon :P
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spanked with a hand...never a belt that I remember
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I was never spanked growing up.
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I got it with a small wooden paddle stinged so bad
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never, but cane yes
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yes
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Once or twice.
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