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>Not at all. If anything, they got tougher with me. > >I don't know if they had become more rigid as they >aged or if they expected me to know better--and act >better--as I got older. > > >>When I was growing up, my mother was very >>pro-spanking. I remember her saying things like >>“somebody needs to get his/her butt beat” and if >>she heard a story about another kid misbehaving, she >>would tell me that if I had done the same, it would >>result in a spanking. >> >>Later in life, I noticed that she would start to >>downplay the spankings I received, and at times was >>actually openly critical about parents who spanked. >>The one that really stuck with me was her criticism of >>parents who used a belt, which I thought was pretty >>rich considering I was spanked with one. Her opinions >>snowballed over time and eventually it got to the >>point where she seemed to not approve of spanking at >>all. >> >>Anyone else have a parent/parents that seemed to >>soften as they got older?

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