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>>People born in this century seem to find this hard to >>believe > >Yes I often am met with disbelief when I talk to young >or younger folks. I think unless you were a 'boomer' >or, to some extent, a 'generation X'er' it's hard, if >not impossible, to conceive of and imagine just how >strict parents, teachers and other adults, in >positions of power and authority, were back then. And >just how much power and authority adults had and >enjoyed in those days. You really were at the mercy >of parents, teachers, and all kinds of other authority >figures. Even older kids such as babysitters >exercised power and authority over you. There was a >strong sense and structure of heirarchy in society. >Also, in connnection to this, just how deeply >embedded spanking was in the culture and society of >those times. Just about every kid I knew, both >younger ones and teenagers, got spanked. Some more >than others but I could count on one hand those that >did not! Society in those days, the Fifties and >Sixties, certainly in Mississippi, believed that >spanking kids and teenagers was a necessity. I think >some folks even believed that even kids who were for >the most part well behaved, needed the occasional >spankin' or whuppin'!! The Church advocated, endorsed, >supported, even demanded it. If a policeman/woman saw >you spanking your kid in a public place they would >either mind their own business or come over and praise >you, saying, that "by spanking their kids parents were >making their (the police's) job a lot more easier" >And of course other parents and adults who might be >present when a kid was getting a spanking would again >either just mind their own business or cheer the >spanking parent on and/or break into a round of >applause, showing their complete approval! A >spanking/paddling at school meant a spanking/whupping >at home. And if you were at a friend's house their >folks had full permission to spank you if they deemed >it necessary. Spanking was for just about all kids >and teenagers a normal, natural and inescapable part >of life!

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