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>I was spanked by a lot of people, both parents, both >of my best friend's parents, several of my other >friends' parents, grade school teachers, the high >school principal, most of my babysitters. > >No, I don't go to church. I don't need anyone to >interfere with my relationship with Deity. > >I am about the same strictness as my parents, and, >like them, never pass up a good opportunity to scorch >a deserving bottom. > >I'm not sure about society in general returning to >pro-spanking. I can only speak for myself. I do know >all those close to me use it as a discipline too. > >Not really "in public" beyond a couple of swats on a >clothed backside in a store with a promise of more to >come in stores when a child threw a fit when denied >some item they desired. Have seen more than one kid >get it in a back yard, including myself. > >I don't just allow babysitters to spank, I wouldn't >hire one who isn't ready to spank at the least >provocation. > >It's very difficult to keep kids "from growing up too >fast" these days. One thing is to not allow them to >have a cell phone until they are in high school, and >then only a simple "talk and text" type for needed >communication, not a mini computer. Also, watch the >kind of friends with whom they associate. Hopefully, >by how you raised them, they will choose friends who >will not lead them into trouble. > >I'm OLD, and fortunately live in a place where the >schools were / are still pretty conservative. My kids >went to public school. Of my son's kids, one, who >lives in a city, and makes enough of a salary, sends >his kids to a private school. The other's go to public >school. > >Yes, I drank out of hoses, and it never seemed to do >me any harm. I didn't HAVE to stay out until the >street lights came on. Many nights I couldn't, >especially if I had much homework, that came first; >and other nights I often had a book I was reading >which kept me indoors and amused, and, from age 12 on, >I had my business which often took my evenings, >repairing neighbors' radios and TVs and small >appliances. Also, living on a farm, there was always >garden work to do, and animals to tend.

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