Was really helpful to me.
Helped me get my mind straight.
Did you or do you use the same with your children if you have any?
Same here from my parents if I misbehaved. I was a pretty well behaved kid. Understood respect for elders pretty well.
In my Alexandria, VA elementary school my third grade teacher mounted a ‘Board of Education’ prominently over the front blackboard. She never used it, but we kids were afraid enough of her that none of us acted up. It was not until we returned to Alexandria and I came back to the same school in 6th grade to find out that I was taller than she was ... and I’m only 5’ myself.
“I got plenty of paddlings in school and my Mom tore my tail up on a daily basis.”
I consider paddling and the like of children to be form of communication. They develop an immunity to words.
A relative that has been a middle school teacher for many years says that student behavior got worse quickly when corporal punishment was prohibited.
Corporal punishment was used only if a child’s parents gave written permission.