[stuartcr]

My father used to make me mow the lawn in Florida in August, is that the same?

[Lokibob]

As a teenager, one of my kids got drunk. Next day, I got him up at 5 am, gave him a pair of sissors and told him to mow the grass. It took him 12 hours, in the heat. He never drank again.

Guess I was a bad dad.

[scholar]

My father used to make me mow the lawn in Florida in August, is that the same?

I don't think so--I am assuming you were not malnourished. I did lots of chores in my childhood home too, but I was never punished for sneaking some peanut butter and cookies.