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>>I don't remember 'naked cornertime' being a standard >>practice when growing up back in the '50s and '60s; >>though I do recall hearing about it being employed in >>some families! I have absolutely no reason to doubt >>that it did take place back then, as well as in the >>1970s as well! In those days so many things happened! >> Things that would be almost unthinkable nowadays and >>certainly illegal. Discipline was, in comparison to >>today - and also over the last 40 to 45 years - so >>incredibly strict, that it often verged on and even >>descended into cruelty! The power that parents, >>teachers, aunts, uncles, baby sitters and adults in >>general had, was by the standards of later times >>incredible. I would argue and this is only my >>opinion, that it was in the '80s that attitudes began >>to change and even then the old ideas and practices >>still continued; but perhaps not as 'universally' and >>with quite the same assurance and confidence as >>before! As I stress this is just my humble opinion - >>as to when things slowly started to change - my own >>experiences and recollections being based on growing >>up in a typical Mid West towm and community! I'm sure >>others have different experiences, memories and >>viewpoints! > >Very true. The worst spankings I knew of were in the >60s ànd some seemed more like a flagellation >especially when the belt was used and I still remember >the screams of pain of some neighbor boys when they >were being belted which was a common instrument. >Like you said it seems that spankings were getting >much less harsher after the 70s and also much less >frequent. In the 60s most families spanked which is >probably not the case today. > >Also you mentioning that other adults who were not >parents but were in charge of the kids could also >spank them. It was universally accepted and there were >no laws against spanking that I know of, unlike today >when many are speaking against it and stricter laws >are enforced. > >Btw, I never said that naked corner time was in all or >most families but it was in quite a few.

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