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>>It's also possible, Cynthia, that your parents had >>mellowed with age by the time your little sister came >>along. They may have also benefitted from a decade of >>time to read parenting advice. > >100% this is true Carol. I remember my mom went to a >bunch of parenting classes at church all through my >sister's childhood (where she was probably the oldest >one there). I asked her after I had my daughter why >she did that for her youngest and not with my brother >and me. She told me there just wasn't such a thing in >the 70s and early 80s and that everyone just expected >a mom to know everything about parenting and be >perfect. She said she really just loved getting to >talk to other mothers besides her own mom and sister. > >On the subject of my grandma, the role she played >probably affected the frequency of spanking in my >house. She was pretty much a third parent to me for >much of my childhood and was certain that corporal >punishment was the most dependable way to correct a >child (not hating on the lady, just stating how things >were). As my sister got older, my grandma went from >someone who helped my mom with day to day things to >someone my mom was having to spend increasing amounts >of her time taking care of while raising her third >child. > >And I wouldn't say my sister got away with stuff. I >think my parents were still fairly strict with her. >She regularly received consequences for things that I >would have gotten spanked for, they just varied. If >she got spanked, though, it was usually on the more >severe side because my dad's belt became reserved for >the worst of the worst offenses.

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