[Hambone 1934]

Had a friend who had a niece like that..At 9 years old,stood over her mother with a knife..When mom woke up,girl smiled and said I could have killed you...I told another friend and her reply was,oh yeah,I brought you into this world and I can take you out...That was the 70s.......

[rlmorel]

Back in the eighties, my sister-in-law grabbed my misbehaving nephew by the arm when he refused to obey, and he looked at her and said "That's child abuse."

My sister-in-law told my mother this story over coffee (they lived in a in-law apartment with her)

The next time my mother saw the boy, she grabbed his arm, pulled him close and hissed at him "Next time you pull that, I am going to show you what REAL child abuse is."

I loved it. My mom could be a terror when we were misbehaving kids, and we learned to listen to her and respect whatever she said.