Better check yo' self before you wreck yo' self!

Time to pay the piper

Oh, and don't fall asleep

LOL

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We used to stay outside until someone came and dragged us back in!

Cloth ears!
One of my Mum's favourites!

Are you?

Shotton, County Durham, but been in Australia since '69

Manchester myself.... I assume paradise is well, you know its raining here, SHOCK!!

Winter here, so pretty wet at the mo :-)
I'm serving a life sentence LOL

Good times :-)

LOL

I'm lucky to be alive!
When I was older I ate some poisonous nuts and was off school puking for a week!

Where in the world did they come from?!

On a related note: when I was about 4 year old, I ate a few handfuls of berries off of a bush in the front yard. I went inside and puked my guts up... directly into the floor furnace! LOL!

Zamia palm nuts. Aborigines used the seeds and they knew how to remove the poison. Not like the first European visitors to the Swan River, the Dutch, who liked the look of the large walnut like seeds. They ate them and within a few hours were “nigh unto death” with excruciating abdominal pain. They recovered, but deaths have been reported.

WOW! Note to self about THOSE!

Sometimes we misread each other around here! To be honest, I had never heard "belt you ass" either! LOL

I’m not one of those people that thinks spanking is chid abuse. Every kid is different and parents need to find the best strategy that works for their kid.

I completely agree with that. My mother was highly abusive. I recall very vividly her holding me down and shaking me so hard I couldn't catch a breath. She acted strictly out of anger. I go out of my way to be sure I do not do that to my kids. If I am angry I don't do anything until I come back down to earth.

When we were really little, my Dad had an old army belt, which he never once used on us, I think it was just the thought of it that scared us half to death!

The sight of the belt terrified me! My mother used the hell out of the belt, however while everyone else stood there and took it I was hard to hold down because I dancing all over the place. LOL

The only good that could come out of all of it was that you are now very mindful and determined not to repeat the cycle - good for you! :-)

That is very true! I always ask myself, "Would my mother do this?" And if the answer is yes then I don't do it.

Just a joke guys, honestly :-)

I have not had to spank mine very much, because they straighten up quick when I call them out. Also, the spankings they have received resonated apparently. They aren't interested in getting them any more than they have to!

Yep, our 5 had it pretty tough too LOL

I only have 2. I was always glad they didn't get into things! The worst they do (right now at least) is some bickering back and forth.