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Suzanne, agree my father never smacked me in temper, I loved him and thought he was a good role model (have to say my mother left us when I was 9 back in the 50's) I always held him in high esteme. I had 3 children under 3 and a half and have to admitt they did drive me mad at times, hence why I probably did give them the odd smack or two, but I really feel it has not done them any harm. You would have to ask them if I have ruined their life's. One owns a successful business, one lives in South Africa with her own business, and one is a mother of 3 who works.

Carol

Nah mine are just common or garden smiffs aka Smith lol ..rough lot us lol

...well not strictly true..My Smiths were once affluent..but once their Dad died at an early age they fell into hard times...not that they'd ever admit it...they liked to keep up appearances. My close Smiths were considered a snobby bunch ...even if they stopped short of the Smyth lol x

am i on the wrong thread?thought it was the smacking debate not the smith family tree.must be me.xx :-D :-D :-D

Can tell you're a Smith somewhere Wend..you've got me into trouble with Miss now lolololol :-P

Oops, sorry Suzanne, we were just chatting :-)

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Mind you...I'm a Smith by birth so........

S M I T H S M I T H S M I T H S M I T H S M I T H

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im not miss, sharon is on the naughty step.
dont mind you chatting only joking. :-D :-D :-D :-D

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I WAS A PRICE,IM NOW A JONES,BOTH ARE AS COMMON AS SMITH.ARE WE RELATED. :-D :-D :-D :-D

Nope...got no Price or Jones.


I'll raise you Mitchell and Grey though

*adopts poker face*

would have had a grey if my sister had married him,but she came to her senses just in time.xx :-D :-D

I was brought up when a quick slap on the bum or on the leg was acceptable so I have mixed feelings as to whether it works or not. I did slap our daughter when all else failed but she will tell you now she doesnt remember any slaps she remembers more my "ma kettle" ( older members may remember the American series) voice when i berated her .BUT she also says she was frightened of me and didnt want to displease me so i would have a go at her. That really upsets me more that i made my daughter frightened cos i was a perfectionist in behavior, Really though each generation had their ways of discipline that carried on when the children had their children. i would give anything to undo my own method that i inherited from my parents.

Have to say me & my girl are best friends and she knows we will always be there for her.

Pardon me, Suzanne - sorry, no Price or Jones ;-)

Nitey nite - off now to give my hubby a good smack - he's such a norty boy!

this is a smacking children thread.do we do it or not?
as for naughty husbands,smack them has hard as you can.they always deserve it,the harder the better. :-D :-D :-D :-D

WELL my husband was probably who the writers of the Meldews based their writings on !! Even though I love him and wouldn't want to lose him after 54 years of marriage I could clock him sometimes!!. The grandchildren too refer to him as Victor Mildew!!.

He says he cant help how he responds but i cant accept that especially as he is told over and over DAD /Hubby you are a grouch!!

To me you can think before you speak. I had to backtrack after he retired to let him in cos until then he wanted me to organise EVERTHING and then got uppity cos I was still doing it after 40 plus years. i listened to what he said and backtracked on how I handled things, GIRLS you know what I mean .make the decision but word it so he thinks he did!! :-D

You must have been the Bad girl Suzanne, to have been the first girl to be caned at school! You weren't expelled at the same time were you! :-D :-D ;-)

no didnt get expelled.and didnt cry either,first and last time,after that i decided to be a good girl. :-D

Slightly off topic but when I was at school (many moons ago) we had a Geography teacher who, whilst still taking the lesson and teaching, would walk slowly up to an offending pupil, lift them from the chair by the ear, take them to the door, open it, lead them outside (still by the ear) and come back in and close it - still not mentioning it and continuing to teach the lesson - priceless.

He also flung board dusters, rulers, etc at students. He certainly would not be allowed to get away with it now but it worked. Everyone respected him and his was a good class to be in.

barbara,
i mentioned getting a board duster chucked at me,i was in secondary school in the late 70s,i was caned as well,didnt do me any harm,i wasalso smacked by my mum,children these days know they can get away with anything because discipline has gone out of the window. :-)