Mom and Dad did the same thing to me. Mom carried around her big wooden spoon in her purse and pulled it out if we even thought about acting up. Sure got us quiet in a hurry. LOL
Nowadays running all over the place knocking over waiters and food displays is perfectly permitted... as is screaming.
"Nowadays running all over the place knocking over waiters and food displays is perfectly permitted... as is screaming."
Same folks who think children are too much work.
I didn't imagine behaving like that in my wildest dreams...after doing it once :)
My grandma successfully raised 10 functional kids, and when she needed swat one of them on the butt, she would first take the time to stick her hand in a usually cold sinkful of dishwater and then yank their pants down to their bare butt before swatting them with a wet hand. A wet hand on a bare butt magnifies the "effect" of a spanking.