Well there is hope for the future, I just whipped my girls 5 & 3. The 3 yr old got 2 rounds because she is apparently hard headed like her mama and daddy
My BIL and his wife have never spanked their kids and the kids have the least amount of respect for them. They say their kids are perfect with everyone else, though. I know I can raise an eyebrow and those kids know what to do.
I talked back to my mom back in the day. The day being the 1960,s. She slapped me in the mouth. Time passed andI went back to the well again. Got slapped in the mouth again. Never talked back to her again. She whipped me with a switch and a belt when I screwed up. She’d grab me by the hair and I didn’t know wether to shat or go blind.
She died in 2014 at the age of 89 and I cried when I held her. I’m so thankful that I had parents that loved me enough to beat the hail outta me when I needed it.
I’ve had LE called on me at HEB on time for discipline with my kids. It was funny because the lady that called had a kid that was wild running everywhere. My two had been readjusted by the switch sitting in the basket. One standing on each side of the basket with a hand on the basket. LE asked a few questions and as they were leaving one of them said loud enough so the lady could hear - “maybe you should let some other parents borrow that switch”.
My two are not perfect by any means. Both kinda take after me and will get some bumps along the way. I Love my boys but we are not friends. I make sacrifices for them but make them earn their way. I’m not a perfect parent but I have tried to make good men out of my kids. I am proud of both of them and should probably tell them but I’m scared it may possibly have a negative effect of them easing up. Not sure at what point I will sit them down and have this conversation with them but hopefully I will know when the time is right
My youngest is 17 and 6’08”. It is funny when his Mom grabs him by the ear so she can have a face to face talk. And she is not bashful about it- we were at a dinner meeting with a coaching staff and I think he responded “Yep” to a question. He was across the table from her- Next thing I know is he was leaning across table at the restraunt and they were having a quick conversation. His ear had to be stretching 6 inches. The coaches and I did everything we could not to start laughing
My BIL and his wife have never spanked their kids and the kids have the least amount of respect for them. They say their kids are perfect with everyone else, though. I know I can raise an eyebrow and those kids know what to do.
My kids, their friends and our family's kids all said I gave a certain look and they knew they better straighten up. If someone wasnt going to discipline their kid, I would. Sorry...not sorry.
I’ve had LE called on me at HEB on time for discipline with my kids. It was funny because the lady that called had a kid that was wild running everywhere. My two had been readjusted by the switch sitting in the basket. One standing on each side of the basket with a hand on the basket. LE asked a few questions and as they were leaving one of them said loud enough so the lady could hear - “maybe you should let some other parents borrow that switch”.
My two are not perfect by any means. Both kinda take after me and will get some bumps along the way. I Love my boys but we are not friends. I make sacrifices for them but make them earn their way. I’m not a perfect parent but I have tried to make good men out of my kids. I am proud of both of them and should probably tell them but I’m scared it may possibly have a negative effect of them easing up. Not sure at what point I will sit them down and have this conversation with them but hopefully I will know when the time is right
My youngest is 17 and 6’08”. It is funny when his Mom grabs him by the ear so she can have a face to face talk. And she is not bashful about it- we were at a dinner meeting with a coaching staff and I think he responded “Yep” to a question. He was across the table from her- Next thing I know is he was leaning across table at the restraunt and they were having a quick conversation. His ear had to be stretching 6 inches. The coaches and I did everything we could not to start laughing
At some point you will get to tell them how proud you are of the men they have become because of the job you are doing now. My oldest son and I are cut from the same cloth. He and I butted heads pretty bad towards the end of highschool and into college. I think it was his sophomore year and I finally told him....look Im your father, not your friend. Im not going to tell you what you want to hear, Im going to tell you what you need to hear. And I finished with, when you are done with school and out on your own making your way in life we will be best friends again. It was like a light bulb went off over his head. We never have butted heads since. He is 32 today and we are indeed best friends.
This discussion reminds me of the saying, raise your kids and you get to spoil your grandkids, spoil your kids and you get to raise your grandkids.
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