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How were you disciplined as a child?
if applicable, how do you discipline your kids?
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:33, 157 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
My dad was chilled as fuck.
My mum would have you by the throat if you so much as said "What?" in a sullen manner.
I behaved just as well for both of them.
I don't think you need violence, but the threat of it is a handy back-up.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:36, Reply)
the only problem with having it as a threat is that unless you do it as an example once
it's useless.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:38, Reply)
Not necessarily, but like I say, you don't reeeeally need it.
I knew some people who were threatened with it and it never happened but they behaved when they heard something like "I'll smack your bum if you don't stop that."
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:42, Reply)
I see what you mean, fear is brilliant as a short term motivational tool but long term it's proper crap.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:43, Reply)
How many times have you been on a train or something
and heard a mother say 'Stop it or I'll smack you' six hundred times? All the kid learns is that the punishment never arrives, so the warning means nothing.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:50, Reply)
But with some kids it does, if it comes along with proper discipline anyway, and not used by some tit who can;t control the kid by any means

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:51, Reply)
I've just seen too many ineffectual parents and the resulting brats
It's another reason why I can never have children. I know I would be far too strict and intolerant.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:52, Reply)
same, watching my brother raise his two little ones terrifies me. Thank fuck they arrive in the class
toilet trained and with a slight degree of self restraint.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:56, Reply)
I thought you got the 'special' kids?
Bennys tend to have very little self-restraint, in my experience.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:01, Reply)
That's why they should be tied to trees at all times.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:02, Reply)
Nah, I work with them every now and again, they have their own wing at school
today I had adhd as he is a notorious shite hawke on trips and has to have male one on one (or a huge lesbian).
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:03, Reply)
your school can fly?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:10, Reply)
I'd like to be mean about how other people bring up kids
but I suspect I would be considerably worse
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:53, Reply)
4

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:53, Reply)
That's numberwang!

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:56, Reply)
I still think of Monty whenever I see Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:59, Reply)
Did they ever threaten to kick you out by saying...
'Err, dis wheek, I'll nominate, err, Roota'
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:42, Reply)
"Roota. I am very disappointed in yourshelf"

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:43, Reply)
hahahaha

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:43, Reply)
My Mum tended to deal with the day to day stuff, stop fighting, etc
But my Dad was brought in if you'd done something really wrong. I was mainly a well behaved child, so I didn't tend to get into too much trouble with either of them. If you had been in trouble, you'd get a telling off, but if you'd been REALLY naughty, you'd get a spanking.

I intend on disciplining my children in the same way, making sure they realise that if they overstep the mark, they will get a crack.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:36, Reply)
beaten to within an inch of my life and forced to sleep in the coal shed
I will be using fear and drug addiction to control my children
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:37, Reply)
any preference on drug?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:39, Reply)
I'm thinking Heroin probably, and maybe some psycadelics and "the dark place" if they really piss me off

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:41, Reply)
My dad is huge and has a loud voice and so he scared me anyway.
But if I got smart with him he'd put me in the corner which was the fucking WORST. I felt like my legs were burning and itching and it was horrible.

If I'm watching my cousin's kids I'll put them in time out or take away toys. That's fucking fierce right there. I'm not a fan of hitting children, plus they're not MY kids, so I wouldn't feel right anyway. But I know she's smacked their hands and whatnot before, and it has no affect on them. But a time out, and the fucking world is ending.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:38, Reply)
My Dad has the loudest voice of anyone I know
Even now, just hearing it puts me on edge.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:39, Reply)
Please tell me your Dad is Brian Blessed?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:40, Reply)
SADLY NOT!
Although he did used to have a fairly impressive beard & moustache combo
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:56, Reply)
He looks a bit like this

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:08, Reply)
Nah, that's Monty Propps.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:24, Reply)
NO ONE PUTS KRIZZIBABY IN THE CORNER!

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:39, Reply)
Except Perv-Boss!

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:43, Reply)
hahahaha

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:48, Reply)
As soemone who is still legally a child, it's rare that I have done anything to merit discipline.
But when I have , I've received a clip round the ear or a robust corrective shouting at.
The idea of groundings and other punishments never occurred to my parents.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:38, Reply)
Do you feel this is the correct aproach?
and do you think you'd be the same with your own theoretical kids?
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:16, Reply)
I think it depnds on the child.
As someone who never saw the fun in misbehavior, I think it was, and if my children are similarly pleasant, yes.
If they are little buggers I would slap them about a bit more.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:25, Reply)
So the thought of less shouting and physical discipline doesn't appeal?
I understand a clip round the ear may not seem very physical to you, but bear in mind I was raised by hippys.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:29, Reply)
If I said anything stupid, my folks would just say
LTI
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:38, Reply)
lick the inside?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:41, Reply)
i was never a child
I was an egg then a bigger egg then me
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:39, Reply)
I like this

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:41, Reply)
My Mum liked to smack us with a wooden spoon, which probably explains my perversion for kitchen utensils
In truth it didn't hurt that much, but i always made a massive fuss like it did so she wouldn't hit me harder the next time or change to a more lethal weapon such as a rolling pin or steak tenderising mallet
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:44, Reply)
You were destined to spend your adult life as a spatula.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:45, Reply)

t k
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:48, Reply)
Not following that one apey.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:49, Reply)
I was ridiculously disciplined as a young 'un
to the extent that once I was out with my mum, and walking under a big metal sign I put my head up too fast and clobbered myself with it really hard. My first thought was that my dad had caught up with us and I had inadvertantly done something wrong.

On the whole though, I'd rather see a child with good behaviour and polite manners, no matter how it is achieved. But that's mainly because I don't have children, and I haven't developed the patience to deal with their tantrums &c.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:44, Reply)
So you spent your childhood living in fear.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:46, Reply)
Good times!

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:47, Reply)
Not really.
It sounds worse than it actually was. I was smacked when I did something wrong, but it wasn't like it was just random violence or something.

And all physical punishment stopped after the age of about ten.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:48, Reply)
my mum was still flinging me about like a desperate mong when I was 16.
I stood up to her at 17.
It wasn't abuse. She just was strict and had a temper. it made me very well behaved so I am glad.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:58, Reply)
What's funny is that as I got older, he got figuratively smaller and less intimidating
and now is incredibly easy to boss about.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:00, Reply)
Same with my mum

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:01, Reply)
but it's okay! look at her good behavior and polite manners!

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:49, Reply)
But has she been on the pier yet? Has she fuck.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:50, Reply)
Piers are for pikeys and perverts

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:51, Reply)
I do have polite manners when I'm in mixed company
and look how nice I am to my elders!
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:51, Reply)
We were disciplined in many different ways as kids.
My father's favourite was chairing. This involved hitting us with the nearest chair.

Still, times were hard in those days.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:46, Reply)
what happened if the nearest chair was 4 seater sofa?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:47, Reply)
Sofaing was less popular.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:48, Reply)
Cushioned the blow.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:48, Reply)
No Da' not the Lazyboy, I'll clear it up, honest I will
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:49, Reply)
Is your surname Hart, by any chance?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:57, Reply)
No, why?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 18:26, Reply)
My dad was a violent alcoholic mental case
I was a very well behaved child, for some reason.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:51, Reply)
: (

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:53, Reply)
Ah, I never got the worst of it
my sister and mother did. He only ever hit me twice, but the threat of him going off the handle at pretty much any point in time was enough to make me never misbehave.

Or at least, never get caught; having a father like that can also make you an incredible devious child.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:56, Reply)
As I'm never going to have children
luckily I'll never find out. My mum used to wallop me with a slipper until I got too big for her to hurt anymore and then she gave up and accepted me for the prick I am.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 16:59, Reply)
Not with your bedroom antics you won't

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:00, Reply)
Maybe he'll spawn a half-human half-feces hybrid
It'll probably grow up to be a politician
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:03, Reply)
I didn't know you were an American

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:05, Reply)
Well now you do
*shoots pesky neighbour, votes for certified moron*
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:07, Reply)
See, in this country,
it's spelled 'faeces'.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:07, Reply)
so's your face

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:09, Reply)
Yeah I got that, eventually
I wasn't sure as I was typing it. Now excuse me, I seem to have been shot and my country decided against a free healthcare system for some absurd reason
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:09, Reply)
Serves you right for being a pesky neighbour

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:10, Reply)
Well he is hated by the majority of the world's population - was that not clue enough for you?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:07, Reply)
when you eventually get round to listening to Black Mountain
try also listening to Wolf People.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:08, Reply)
I will indeed. I am aware of them, but not heard them.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:14, Reply)
Hello fuckface, have you had a productive day away from here?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:10, Reply)
I've barely been here since Thursday.
It's been grim but necessary.

How are you, you stinking pustule?
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:14, Reply)
Not too bad, going to be a late one tonight though I fear

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:18, Reply)
or singer with U2

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:06, Reply)
Like So?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:09, Reply)
Thank you!
Knew I could rely on you
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:10, Reply)
"What is that thing?"
"A SHIT DEMON!"
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:25, Reply)
Dogma?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:11, Reply)
yes

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:14, Reply)
I never needed disciplining
Whilst under my parents' roof I was exceptionally well-behaved, respectful and deferential. And those pesky, incredibly specific EU sanctions against the contents of my testicles mean I never have to worry about it again.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:05, Reply)
likewise
except the sanctions. Mine is by choice.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:06, Reply)
Technically mine is by choice too
Hers
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:08, Reply)
it's for the best

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:08, Reply)
It is far too much of a lottery
What if the poor sod gets my looks and brains instead of hers?
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:12, Reply)
I couldn't take the chance either
what if it turns out to like really shit music?
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:13, Reply)
That would be the missus' fault if it does
Although I don't need to tell you that
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:16, Reply)
But your missus' isn't the CombiChrist fan of the team - stop passing the buck.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:19, Reply)
You don't know that
She isn't, despite my best efforts. She likes Gwen Stefani. Don't look so bad now, do I?
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:20, Reply)
I prefer Gwen Stefani to those knobends.
At least you could stop her singing with a well-placed penis in the mouth.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:22, Reply)
When I say 'you' I mean 'I'.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:22, Reply)
No you don't
She's got quite a big mouth
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:24, Reply)
Haha

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:26, Reply)
'No doubt.'
Now, Gwen. I'm going to put my cock in your mouth... 'Don't speak'.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:23, Reply)
Mine liked Motorhead as a tiny baby and now likes 60s garage obscurities The Monks.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:16, Reply)
Shame about the face.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:25, Reply)
I bet you got pretty good at "self discipline" at a fairly young age eh pal?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:06, Reply)
Of course I did
I was physically repellent as a teenager. More so.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:08, Reply)
it's interesting how many parallels our lives have
and how different we actually are.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:09, Reply)
I concur
I have a horrible feeling that when we meet we're not going to get on at all, just to fly in the face of expectation
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:11, Reply)
it'll be your fault if we don't
I'm very pleasant and easy to get on with.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:12, Reply)
I would have said exactly the same to you!
Labs can vouch for my affability. Just give me warning before asking him, bribes take longer over distance
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:16, Reply)
despite the meeting only being brief
he can vouch for mine too.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:17, Reply)
You reckon?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:19, Reply)
Excellent sig.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:15, Reply)
Haha, cheers
Part of my ongoing campaign to embrace the memes. Or enjoy the abuse, if you will.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:17, Reply)
Hahaha

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:19, Reply)
I actually came up with this the morning after the gig
Whilst I appreciate I'm never going to convert you, Fuck That Shit live was bloody amazing. I honestly think even you would have been impressed with the energy they put into it, and might have mustered a begrudging comment regarding performance before launching into a tirade about everything else.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:23, Reply)
I would have hurled a shit-filled sock into the singer's face, then burnt the venue down.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:24, Reply)
Don't forget to lock the doors

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:26, Reply)
He probably wouldn't have noticed
He was absolutely off his tits. You'd have approved of that too.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:28, Reply)
I mark very, very easily.
My mother found out fairly quickly that she could grab me by the ear and it hurt like fuck but left no lasting marks which kept her out of Holloway.

On the whole my parents were far fonder of the withering putdown or 'we're just disappointed' technique than proper discipline. They were soft as shite really.

I plan to be fairly strict with mine but I appear to be kidding myself. My daughter only has to grin cheekily at me and I will let her off pretty much anything.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:11, Reply)
That's lucky because we smoked some crack together last night and then ran over a granny in a stolen bus

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:13, Reply)
Make sure she never realises this
or she may turn into an absolute brat.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:15, Reply)

may will, just like all the rest of the horrible little cunts.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:16, Reply)
They are extremely rare, but some children are actually well brought-up and not cunts.
Honest.

(I can think of three, ever)
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:21, Reply)
Jesus, and Prof Heinz Wolff's grandsons for whom I babysat as a teenager.
Good as gold they were. Charming little fellows.


Went like a barn door in a gale and all.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:24, Reply)
I have never met one.
Which is a shame, because I'd like to think I was wrong. The world, however, consistently proves me right.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:24, Reply)
Well,
to my mind the entire human race bar a very, very small number of exceptions, are witless, unpleasant boors who should be killed. This applies to all age groups so no wonder you've only seen ghastly children: there are millions of the little shits out there.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:28, Reply)
'Just disappointed' cuts to the bone.
Always hated hearing that.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:26, Reply)
I grew immune to all that sort of shit pretty quickly

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:28, Reply)
Shame the same isn't true of genital herpes, eh?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:29, Reply)
So true it hurts and itches

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:29, Reply)
*sings George Harrison's original lyrics: 'while my bell-end, gently weeps'*

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:30, Reply)
Far worse than a parade-ground shouting, eh?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:28, Reply)
Aye, fucking hated hearing it.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:31, Reply)
mine were similar but not adverse to the occasional whooping.
Once you hear the whole disappointed speech a few hundred times you stop giving a shit. Well I did anyway and then got expelled.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:29, Reply)
What were you expelled for?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:30, Reply)
multiple charges apey
setting fire to my dorm (accident)
fighting
drink
doobies
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:33, Reply)
I don't think you can be blamed for the house elf coming to visit you.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:35, Reply)
shitalmostworkspunlolz

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:36, Reply)
How did they react to you getting expelled?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:30, Reply)
They 'LOL'ed.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:32, Reply)
hehheh

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:33, Reply)
I honestly can't remember, I have vague memories of my mum trying to blame everyone else and not me
and my old man not talking to me for ages. But I may have imagined that, it was 15 years ago!
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:32, Reply)
'It was those pesky Jews, mother dearest. You know what they're like'

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:36, Reply)
I think I used the excuse "bigger boys" however there weren't many of them about!

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:37, Reply)
It was Giant Haystacks, Sir!

An Indian chum of mine got busted in his car with scales, drugs, money and weapons. When it came to court he cried and said 'racists' made him do it, and walked free.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:44, Reply)
hahahaha quality.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:48, Reply)
Were they cowboys or something?
Do you get a 'yee-ha' as well as the whooping?
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:31, Reply)
There's more than one reason why I hate spurs...

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:33, Reply)
Whilst I appreciate this post
A footballing reference littered with grammatical errors is the worst possible reply to Monty, other than "Jimi Hendrix wasn't fit to paint Bowie's eyebrows on"
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:35, Reply)
don't care, I thought it was proper genius like!

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:36, Reply)
stop pandering to Monty.... Darth fancies Monty, Darth fancies Monty, Darth and Monty up a tree
etc etc
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:38, Reply)
Awww
You're cute when you're jealous
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:43, Reply)
Most of my critical turns of phrase I inherited from my father.
He would routinely call us 'imbeciles', 'cretins', halfwits' etc. He was also very fond of 'you stupid, stupid boy' delivered through gritted teeth.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:47, Reply)
you are lieutenant Pike
aicmfp
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:48, Reply)
Who?

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:55, Reply)
Dad's Army

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:56, Reply)
Ah. Righto. Never liked that show actually.

(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 17:59, Reply)
because it was shit Monty.
Utter shit. It was No Allo Allo
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 18:04, Reply)

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